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Using the language dictionaries

Using the language dictionaries

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Using the language dictionaries

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When you check spelling in InCopy, it checks the text against whichever language is associated with that text, and by default, the language associated with all text and with all styles in InDesign and InCopy is the language that was selected when the program was installed in your computer. So in my case, it was US English was the language associated with it. And you can see that just by clicking in any text, opening up the Character panel, which is part of the Advanced Workspace, and looking at the very bottom, where the dropdown list of languages appears. English USA. Well, sometimes, especially if you are entering text that's in Spanish or French or something else, obviously you don't want it checking against the English dictionary. You want it checking against the Spanish or the French and so on dictionary. Luckily, InCopy comes with over 30 language dictionaries. Just open up this little menu and you can see them all. So there is lots of different variations of German. There is…

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