Can't Change Language (Spell Check)

hello,
I can't change the language of Mail's spell check funktion by choosing "Edit/Spelling/Spelling..." from the Mail menu... it's greyed-out!!
In TextEdit this works just fine.
Does anybody know what to do?
Thanks,
tom

Tom,
whether or not this menu item is enabled might depend on the current context - try openeing a new empty message and position the cursor inside the message text.
Andreas

Similar Messages

  • I can't change the spell check to UK English

    On a Mac with an existing CS6 InDesign document, I have tried everything to change the spell check to use a UK language, e.g., I want "programme", not "program".
    1. Before I open the document, I have selected InDesign/Preferences/Dictionary and changed to English: UK language.
    2. Once the document is opened:
      - I have changed all the paragraph styles (Advanced Character Formats) to English: UK language;
      - I have no Character Styles so nothing to change there;
      - I have gone to Edit/Spelling/User Dictionary and changed language to English: UK.
    When I open Edit/Spelling/Check Spelling, the language is set to English: UK. But when I start to spell check, it doesn't pick up any of the words that I know need changing for UK English (i.e., programme, not program)!
    Help! What else can I do?

    The Australian dictionary is just the British Dictionary renamed, it doesn't recognise any Aussie words that aren't included in the British version.
    Don't know why Apple even bothered except to pat us on the head and pretend they cared.
    Languages btw are applied like any other style like bold or color or font. You select the text you want to be something and apply the Language.
    Peter

  • How do you change the Spell Check language

    I have a question, how do you change the spell check language so that it spell checks in a different language... such as French?

    Here is a copy of an e-mail that I sent to Yvan asking about this (translated from French):
    +Hello Yvan,+
    +I saw your answer SirCram's message (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7526551&#7526551) in which you showed a dialogue box called "text"+
    +Sadly, I have only recently started using a Mac (and I am therefore unfamiliar with Pages) so I find no way to open said box.+
    +Could you please make me a list of instructions or show me an Apple Support page that would assist this recent Mac convert in learning this simple action?+
    +Thank-you in advance,+
    +Jean-Paul J+

  • Multi-language spell check?

    Hello all,
    new to Dreamweaver (CS5, Mac), but with 15+ years of experience with HTML and GoLive, I have some difficulties finding my way. Not all my q.s are answered in the help, The Missing Manual or the FAQs. Like this one:
    I have a multi-language site, and even some of the individual pages are multi-language. Is it true that the DW CS5 spellchecker gets the dictionary to use for the check from the prefs? I have a language info in all of my pages (<meta http-equiv="Content-language" content="...">); is it true that DW does not use this information?
    To be specific: If I want to check several pages, some of which are all-English, others all-German, it looks as if I have to change the preferences between spell checks; is that true?
    It also looks as if, when a page contains more than one language, I have no real check option at all; true?
    Thanks for any enlightenment you may be able to give; so far, the DW experience has not been pure joy. Some things were *so* much easier and faster in GoLive! (Well, not multi-language spell checks, I concede that.)
    Lutz Pietschker

    No, you cannot get around switching prefs for the language when switching language. It would be good if it could work like in InDesign where you can mix languages however you like and always have it spellcheck in the correct language. But it cannot.
    (I agree to your last paragraph - many things were so much easier, flexible and faster in GoLive - and I haven't even mentioned the site management which as I see it is next to non-existent in DW).

  • 2 languages spell check in mail

    Hello,
    I am working in two languages Dutch and English in my email. Is it possible to let the mail automatically change the spell check language to the one I am typing in? Right now I have to manually change the language every time I type an email and that's really annoying. Thanks.
    Loes

    You can try setting the dictionary to Multilingual (Edit > Spelling > Show Spelling)

  • How can i remove the spell check from my iMac, i tried system pref but it still autocorrects

    how can i remove the spell check from my iMac, i tried system pref but it still autocorrects

    Look at the Spelling settings in the Edit menu of the app that is doing the correcting.

  • Can i change language in audition cs5 or cs6?

    Hi
    can i change language in audition cs5/6 ?
    i installed cs6 with my native language
    but sometime i would like to switch in english to follow the tutorials because they are in english
    i bought a lynda dvd , it's all in english , and it's hard to follow the videos with my copy of audition in another language
    thanks

    You should be able to switch in the preferences.
    From the Library menu on Windows go to Edit >> Preferences (Lightroom >> Preferences on Mac)
    Choose the General tab, and then use the drop down list for language. Select Swedish and then click OK.
    Quit Lightroom.
    Re-start Lightroom.

  • Hi,how can i change language in new lion?i need from english,to the czech know anyone?thanks

    hi,how can i change language in new lion?i need from english,to the czech know anyone?thanks

    If you are talking about the menus and dialogues, go to system prefs/language & text/language and move Czech to the top of the list and then logout/login.
    If you are talking about the keyboard, let us know.

  • Is it possible to change the spell check dictionary in "pages for iPad" from Spanish to UK English?  The app was downloaded in Spain.

    Is it possible to change the spell check dictionary in “pages for iPad” from Spanish to UK English?  The app was purchased in Spain and I am living in spain temporarily

    Spell checking should be based on the keyboard layout that you've got selected in Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards - if you have an English 'UK keyboard' selected then the spell checking should be English

  • Hello! How can I change language of IndesignCC menus from russian into english after installation?

    Hello! How can I change language of IndesignCC menus from russian into english after installation?

    i don't think you can.
    uninstall id, open your cc desktop app>click settings (the gear icon)>preferences>apps>app language>english>reinstall id

  • Can I change language?

    I downloaded tv series while on holiday in Italy but it is in wrong language. can I change language?

    Change the language pref in the CC app and reinstall PS in that language.
    Mylenium

  • How can I change language used by Apple to send account reset to me?

    HHow can I change language on password reset post by apple

    The Google translation app should be able to handle it. I'm going to ask the hosts to move your post to the iPad Forum in case other people have ideas.
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-translate/id414706506?mt=8

  • How can I change language to Arabic in Facebook?

    How can I change language to Arabic in Facebook?

    Three links that may or may not help:
    https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10205477807486866
    https://ar-ar.facebook.com
    https://www.facebook.com/help/327850733950290

  • Pages, other languages, spell check

    I have Pages 08 and it serves me well but recently I have needed to use other languages and check spelling. Is there a language pack? Do I have to buy the new version? Other software? Anyone know? I'll bet someone does.
    I have tried changing the language in Inspector and in system preferences but it doesn't seem to take effect. Meanwhile Mail is doing spell checks from what I guess  is the source to do this.

    Language is an attribute of the text (like bold or color etc) so you have to select the text and apply a language to it from the Inspector.
    Not all languages have dictionaries and not all the dictionaries are as comprehensive as the English versions.
    You can get extra dictionaries from OpenOffice and add them to your system and there are also 3rd party dictionaries available.
    Peter

  • Croatian (or any foreign language) spell check and dictionary

    What do people from non-english speaking countries do with OS X's limited dictionary.app?
    I am specifically talking about the Croatian language (Hrvatska), although would be happy to hear from anybody from any country on how they solved the dictionary/spell check issue for their own language.
    I am struggling to find a list of Apple Dictionary.app plugins or extra dictionaries to install.
    Now I know MS Office 08 has a Croatian dictionary (altho I can't really get it working) but what about native OS X apps?
    I have found a 3rd party solution called CocoAspell (free) but am having limited success with it.
    I would even be prepared to build a Croatian dictionary plugin for Dictionary.app if somebody could link me to some sort of instruction set.
    I'm surprised Apple have not gone to the trouble of building more dictionaries for Dictionary.app
    What do Russians, Chinese, Hungarian, Brazilian, Italian eetc etc do when they want a spell checker / dictionary for their language? Buy MS Office 08???
    How does Apple resolve this issue (esp the spell checking) in apps like Pages?
    In my hours of research into this area it is clear Apple have not really addressed this issue despite the fact it would be so easy for them to solve.
    Can anybody help me out / point me in the right direction?
    thanks
    d0z

    As a matter of fact I found the working Cro dictionary at the same ftp link you provide above shortly before you posted it. Nevertheless your great efforts are fully credited. Thanks for your excellent assistance!
    I have also been in contact with the developer of Dictionary Cleaner who tells me the 2.0 verison of his software will be able to import comma separated txt wordlists. Nice.
    Good as CocoAspell is I feel Apple should already have integrated this functionality, together with downloadable dictionaries from their site, into OS X.
    I was unable to get a working Cro dictionary, or Custom dictionary, working in Office 08 for Mac. Interstingly the windows veriosn of the product offers the full gamet of proofing and spelling tools for the Croatian language (and manay, many others).
    So both Apple and Microsoft are guilty of letting down their International customers. I am unimpressed by both. How difficult would it be for Apple to add better sprell checking and MS to port their proofing tools for office to the Mac version.
    For the record (and MBU developers): When you change the language in Office 2008 for Mac to Croatian (and prob many of the other languages in the list) ALL the spell checking stops and any Custom Dictionaries are ignored.
    Switching back to English restores spell checking but then the Custom Dictionary is opened with Roman text encoding and all the special letters in the Croatian alphabet are ignored, thus rendering the Custom Dictioanry list only 30% effective since 70% of the words in the language contain special characters.
    The develoepr of Dictionary Cleaner should consider these sorts of problems regarding the text encoding of word lists.
    Finally I'd just like to mention the confusing nature of Croatian text encoding:
    The 'input menu' tab of the international System Preference pane would seem to imdicate Croatian is Unicode. Although encoding text files in Unicode-8 mangles the characters. As it does too using another text encoding called Croatian (Mac OS). The encoding that actually works is Central European (Windows Latin 2). Go figure.
    If anybody knows anything about the subject of text encoding I'd love to know more. Useful links also welcome
    So in conclusion - Come on Apple!, sort it out with interbational sprell check.
    p.s. more downloadable non-English dictionaries for Dictionary.app too please!

Maybe you are looking for