Excuse My Spelling, My Dictionary is set to American English!
Well, over on the U.S. side of the Atlantic it isn’t such a big problem but over here in Europe all to often the Mac OS X spelling dictionary language is set to U.S. English by default.
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The British & Irish guys just don’t like spelling colour without the ‘u’ and ‘socialise’ with a ‘z’.
- The single-volume English dictionary with the widest coverage of all the riches of the English language. Great for word lovers and crossword fans, and fantastic value.
- How to install more dictionaries on your dictionary app.Follow this link: (Working.
On top of that, any one of us in Europe or the U.S. speak multiple different languages and would like to chose the spelling dictionary language on the fly.
A feature I sorely miss in Pages '05 is a thesaurus. Sure I can keep a Safari tab open on Thesaurus.com, or run Sherlock in the background, but it's a lot more convenient to be able to select a word while I write and see some common synonyms without interrupting my work. Luckily, Nisus Thesaurus is a freeware program which offers an excellent thesaurus, and adds a system-wide service to boot. So, let's move on to how Dictionary is integrated into Mac OS X technologies. First up is Spotlight. Use Command-Space bar or click on the Spotlight icon in the top-right of the menu bar and start typing a word you wish to look-up. In this instance, I've decided to search my Mac (and the Dictionary) for the word 'Live'. Mac Dictionary Kit, a.k.a., DictUnifier. Dictionary conversion tool for Mac OS X 10.5 and above. Download it from GitHub releases, v2.1. Build instructions.
This article goes about explaining the two most common ways of changing the system-wide Mac OS X spelling dictionary language.
The first method looks at when you’re using the spellcheck inside an application such as TextEdit or Pages. The second method is a more permanent system wide change and takes place in the System Preferences.
I’m doing this on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard.
Read on for the details.
Changing the Spellcheck Dictionary Language From Inside The Application
To make this change from within a specific application such as Pages or TextEdit do the following:
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- In your application, click Edit > Spelling & Grammar > Show Spelling & Grammar or press CMD+: on the keyboard.
- When the Spelling & Grammar window appears, select your language from the drop down menu at the bottom and then click the red X to close the window again.
This change will only last as long as you keep TextEdit open. After you re-open the application, the spelling dictionary language will reset back to the system default. Let’s talk about changing the system default spelling dictionary language now.
Note: This is often called something else in other applications, e.g., in Pages it’s called simply ‘Spelling…‘
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Changing the Mac OS X System Default Spellcheck Dictionary Language
Changing the system default spelling dictionary language is just as easy. Follow these few easy steps:
- Open System Preferences; one way is to click the System Preferences icon on your Dock. If you can’t see this go ahead and open Applications > Utilities > System Preferences
- In the Personal Preferences row (top row), click Language & Text.
- Now click the Text tab at the top
- On the right side, you should now see a field called Spelling. Select your preferred language from here.