Operation Manual

On the right-hand side of the Language Settings – Languages page, change the User interface,
Locale setting, Default currency, and Default languages for documents as required. In the
example, English (USA) has been chosen for all the appropriate settings.
Figure 37: Choosing language options
If you want the language setting to apply to the current document only, instead of being the default
for all new documents, select For the current document only.
If necessary, select the options to enable support for Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese,
Korean) and support for CTL (complex text layout) languages such as Urdu, Thai, Hebrew, and
Arabic. If you choose either of these options, the next time you open this dialog, you will see some
extra choices under Language Settings, as shown in Figure 36. These choices (Searching in
Japanese, Asian Layout, and Complex Text Layout) are not discussed here.
Choose spelling options
To choose the options for checking spelling, click Language Settings > Writing Aids. In the
Options section of the page (Figure 38), choose the settings that are useful for you.
Some considerations:
• If you do not want spelling checked while you type, deselect Check spelling as you type.
This option can also be deselected using the AutoSpellcheck button on the Standard
toolbar.
• If you want grammar to be checked as you type, you must have Check spelling as you
type enabled too.
• If you use a custom dictionary that includes words in all upper case and words with
numbers (for example, AS/400), select Check uppercase words and Check words with
numbers.
• Check special regions includes headers, footers, frames, and tables when checking
spelling.
Here you can also check which user-defined (custom) dictionaries are active by default, and add or
remove user-installed dictionaries, by clicking the New or Delete buttons. Dictionaries installed by
the system cannot be deleted.
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