Spell Check - Pages 4.0, Pages 4.3

I have both Pages 4.0 and 4.3 as separate applications. I wanted to keep a backup version of iWork '09 after changes which were made to Keynote.
The problem I am experiencing is with the Spell Check and Grammar Check. Neither feature is working in 4.0 as well as 4.3. I typed the word "asfjdifsdajf" in the middle of a sentence and it did not pick up on any mistakes.
I have set the language to English in both versions of the application and have tried quitting each and reopening them, but it is still not working.
Thanks,
JS

msytsm00 wrote:
I didn't see any language settings under inspector/doc.
You are right, I was confusing Pages with another app (iBooks Author).
Also do you have Check Spelling As You Type checked under Edit > Spelling?

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