Default Language Keeps Changing

I found and downloaded a Pages template I want to use for a feasibility study I'm developing. The paragraph styles and default spelling language was in French. I've changed the language in the Inspector Text|More tab to English, but it keeps changing back to French. Any suggestions about how to fix this? I really rely on the spell checker in Pages, but the French version isn't helpful for an English document.

My guess is that you didn't define the Language correctly in the Inspector.
When we set it, it apply to the selected paragraph, not to the entire text.
As the original document was set to French, when you insert a new paragraph, it is created with the French setting.
To get rid of that, insert one or two paragraphs at the end of the document, select all of them and set the language to English.
After that new paragraphs created at end of doc would use English.
Inserting paragraphs between two French ones will force you to set English by hand.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 30 juillet 2008 11:00:44)

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