Publisher 2: How to set spell-check dictionary for entire document?

[Ken Hjulstrom]

Hi,

'm working on a document in Publisher 2.  My UI is English (US), but the document contents need to conform to UK English.  In the previous version of Publisher, I was able to set UK English as the default spell-check dictionary for an entire document, but in Publisher 2, the only place I can find that lets me specify the language dictionary is in the "Characters" panel, but this seems to only allow me to set the dictionary for selected characters.  My document contains hundreds of text frames, so it's going to be rather tedious to set the language dictionary for each text frame one-by-one.  Is there a place where I can set a language dictionary for the entire document, and only use the setting in the "Characters" panel for text that's in a language other than the default document dictionary?

Thanks,

Ken

 

[firstdefence]

You would think it would be an option under File > Document Setup... and on the Document Tab but I have come to the same conclusion as you, it's an option of the Character Panel.

[joe_l]

6 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

it's an option of the Character Panel.

What about Select > Select Object > Frame Text and then use the Character panel to change all text frames to the desired language? I tried this on a very large document and the selection unfortunately jumped to a blank entry, but it worked on a smaller document. Maybe @Ken Hjulstrom has more luck.

[carl123]

Don't text styles applied to text contain a language setting?

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, carl123 said:

Don't text styles applied to text contain a language setting?

Yes, they do. And making use of Text Styles is the best way to go.

 

5 hours ago, Ken Hjulstrom said:

In the previous version of Publisher, I was able to set UK English as the default spell-check dictionary for an entire document,

Nothing has changed in V2 in this area that I'm aware of. So, if you were able to do it in V1 you should be able to do it in V2.

What did you do before?

[Ken Hjulstrom]

6 hours ago, carl123 said:

Don't text styles applied to text contain a language setting?

Yes, you're right!  Thanks for much for letting me know.  Fortunately, I've set up a rather comprehensive hierarchy of styles for the documents I typically create, so I was able to edit the "base" style (the style that all of the subordinate styles inherit from) to use the "English (United Kingdom)" dictionary.  In the "Edit Text Style" dialog, the dictionary setting is located at "Character" | "Language" | "Spelling".  I verified that this worked by displaying the Preflight "Spelling Mistakes".  When I changed the dictionary to "English (United Kingdom)", all of the UK-spelled words that were displayed in the Preflight error list disappeared.

Thanks again!

Ken