French dictionary

I have seen other posts about this but no solution. I have a French document and wish to check the spelling. I go to the Inspector/text/language and select French. Then, I go back to my document and select "check spelling" and that French language in the Inspector goes back to English. Do I have to set French as my default language in System Preferences? I don't want to do that. Or, as I often do, am I missing something obvious? Thanks for any help.
Bea

I had effectively the same thing as I couldn't make my dictionary stay in 'British English'. What I found in the end was that there are a number of attributes which get embedded in paragraph styles and dictionary is one of them.
There's not anywhere to check all the attributes of any given style, but if your little triangles turn red and you can't work out why, it's probably because you've changed something somewhere and you're being invited to accept or reject is as a change to a style.
Obviously the 'select all and switch to French dictionary' works, but you may find it reverts if you start typing new text in your default style, so you may want to save a new style called 'French text' or something similar with the French dictionary choice embedded.
Does this make any sense?

Similar Messages

  • Is there a French dictionary to download for OS X?

    I've read in some places that there is a downloadable French dictionary available on Apple website. Is it right?

    Do you mean a dictionary for spelling? Or a dictionary for looking up words?
    The Mac has included a French spelling dictionary for many years. Just go to Edit > Spelling and Grammar  and set your language to be French.
    If you are looking for a French equivalent of the New Oxford dictionary in Dictionary.app, then there is nothng comparable. I put together a French dictionary using the 1935 Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française. You can download it from: http://etresoft.com/etreref
    Unfortunately, no commerical dictionary publisher with a modern corpus has published anything for Dictionary.app.
    Disclaimer: Although EtreRef is free, there are other links on my site that could give me some form of compensation, financial or otherwise.
    Message was edited by: etresoft to add disclaimer

  • How do I activate a French dictionary in Safari?

    I love how double tapping on a word with three fingers in Safari brings up a dictionary definition. Is there any way I can get it to search a French dictionary as well as an English one? I suppose just a French one is as good.

    You must install the Translate extension (v. 1.0.5). Go to Preferences->Extensions, and pull down Get Extensions.

  • Need integrated French dictionary function

    How does one activate, or add a dictionary function for spellchecking for foriegn languages?
    In particular;
    need to have MAIL, Word, and other apps be able to access French dictionary capabilities for spellchecker when using the French keyboard setting.
    Thanks for all suggestions.
    ht

    Most Apple apps: Edit > Spelling > Spelling > Dictionary
    Pages: Inspector > Text > More > Language
    Word: It uses its own spellchecking stuff. If you can't find it, you can try the MS forums:
    http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups

  • French dictionary and other dictionaries

    Are they available to download from somewhere? I just want a decent french dictionary.

    ".lproj folders contain the localization files for the menus and dialogues for the particular app, not dictionaries. "
    Ahh, ok, that clears that up. What I was referring to there were possible language files inside the Dictionary application resources files.
    But you've actually hit the nail on the head, what was really looking for were language options for spelling & grammar correction. I'd assumed these were associated with the Dictionary application.
    Which spell checking system are you referring to? there are no relevant options under Edit in the Dictionary, nothing under the Finder and nothing in the System Prefs. What I'm looking for are global settings for Spelling & Grammar, not application specific. i.e. I have English as the base OS language but I frequently write in Swedish. I'd like automatic spelling and grammar correction wherever I type, in both English and Swedish, without having to configure every application.
    For example, if I type Swedish here then all the words are underlined in red as not recognised. There is no option in Safari to add Swedish spelling and grammar correction, it takes English as the default since that is the OS language.

  • Is there a French dictionary for iPad 2

    Is there a French dictionary for iPad 2

    There are several iOS French dictionary apps. I have the Collins English<-->French dictionary on my iPhone, which also works on the iPad. There is also one by Ultralingua which is well reviewed. Just do a search in the App Store to find one that looks like it would work for you. Bear
    Matt

  • How can I have a FRENCH dictionary in Leopard?

    I wrote french text, so I would need a french dictionary. How can I add a french dictionary to the Dictionary application?

    I wrote french text, so I would need a french dictionary. How can I add a french dictionary to the Dictionary application?
    You can't. However there is a Dictionary Development Kit in the Leopard XCode Tools, so one might be available in the future if someone produces it.
    If you are talking about spell checking, Dictionary.app is not involved. Just go to Edit > Spelling and Grammar and there is a place to change the dictionary.

  • Office X French Dictionary? Spelling/Grammer? Help!

    I know this really doesn't belong here but I'm not finding anything on Microsoft's website and I'm wondering if someone would be able to help me out. I'm working on a French project right now and I used to be able to check spelling/grammer in French on my PC, however on my PowerBook I'm finding it difficult to figure out how to find that add-on or switch into that mode. Does anyone have the add-on and could send it to me? I can't find anything for it anywhere on microsoft's site! Thank you very much!

    Fine.
    I could find 13 files for French Dictionary, Grammer, Thesaurus etc. in "Office X/Shared Applications/Correction Helpers (?)" (the path is transalted from German, not sure about the correct English spelling).
    What do you find there? Are you sure that you have installed all components from the install CD?
    Anyhow, provide your email address, I will attach all 13 (7.4 MB, zipped 3.9) and mail them to you. I hope that they would work with your English version.

  • English/French Dictionary

    Can anyone reccomend a third party English/French - French/English dictionary that works similar to the Oxford Dictionary in Tiger?
    Thanks,
    Frank

    This are the best option's you have:
    Ultralingua French-English Dictionary OSX/Universal Binary
    Accio English-French Dictionary
    Hopefully this is helpfull or solved your problem.
    (Please see the "helpfull" and "solved" button's above this message! Apple: Why reward points?.)

  • French dictionary and spellcheck on Appleworks.

    Please please please help ! I am new to Appleworks and have been a little disturbed to find I cannot check my documents written in French ( a lot of them ).
    Is there anyone out there who can tell me if I'm doing something wrong. I have looked at other posts on a similar subject, but my "extras" folder doesn't seem to contain anythin but English dictionaries. I have also checked the installation disk, but to no avail. Do apple only provide spellcheck software relating to the country in which it is intended to be used ?
    I write a lot of French documents, and would find it a little dissappointing to be let down by an otherwise great application.
    Help please !
    iMAC   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

    Hello
    As far as I know, the english AppleWorks packages are delivered with UK English, US English and Spanish dictionaries.
    To get french dictionaries, send a mail to my mailbox
    koenig then a dot then yvan then an @ then tele2 then a dot then fr
    so I will be able to send you a responce with the french dictionnary files attached.
    Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE jeudi 12 juillet 2007 18:49:35)

  • Dictionary in Mail - how to have French & German, too

    I have the multi-language spellcheck with Mail - but the dictionary is just English. So, of course, is my Dictionary program with 10.5.8 Leopard, US edition. But how to get the French and German dictionaires as well? And how to link them to Mail?
    Thanks!
    Steve

    Stephen Schulte2 wrote:
    I have the multi-language spellcheck with Mail - but the dictionary is just English.
    I don't understand what you are saying. Having multi-language spellcheck means you have spellcheck dictionaries in multiple languages.
    So, of course, is my Dictionary program with 10.5.8 Leopard, US edition. But how to get the French and German dictionaires as well?
    This I can help you with. There are a number of French and German dictionaries. Here is one example. If you want free dictionaries or dictionaries integrated with Dictionary.app, it will be harder. I created a free Dictionary.app version of the Le Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française. If anyone knows of a good, free German dictionary I could convert, I would appreciate it.
    And how to link them to Mail?
    If you use some 3rd party software, you're on your own. Hopefully they have something.
    If you use Dictionary.app, you can right (Control) click on a word or select a word and press Ctrl ⌘ D
    Note for Apple: While my French dictionary is free, other things on my site are not. Therefore, “I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.”

  • How do I get a French- English dictionary on the ios7 dictionary widget?

    I have the French dictionary loaded, but I would like a French-English one to quickly define the words I'm looking for. Anyone know how to do this?

    Spell Check is controlled by the language that is assigned to the text at the character level, not by your choice of dictionary in the prefs -- that simply tells ID which dictionary to use when more than one is installed for an assigned language.

  • Monolingua​l dictionary (French) on a PalmOne Tungsten E2.

    Does anybody knows where I can download a monolingual dictionary (French) on my Palm? Maybe in first, does this kind of dictionary exists?
    Thanks in advance,
    Calimero
    Post relates to: Tungsten E2

    If you are looking for a plain French dictionary for the E2 I'm sure that one does exist.
    Found this one by searching french dictionary for palm in Google
    http://french.palm-dictionaries.penreader.com/Slov​oEd_French_Dictionary.html
    Message Edited by thepoeta15 on 09/19/2009 05:44 PM

  • French-English Language/Dictionary apps

    I will be studying in France from January to April and I will have limited access to the internet where I will be staying. Since I will not have access to internet dictionaries and conjugators, can anyone recommend a French-English and English-French dictionary application? Is anyone aware of one that can conjugate French verbs as well? (definitely not necessary, but would be helpful...)
    Thank you,
    Adam

    This are the best option's you have:
    Ultralingua French-English Dictionary OSX/Universal Binary
    Accio English-French Dictionary
    Hopefully this is helpfull or solved your problem.
    (Please see the "helpfull" and "solved" button's above this message! Apple: Why reward points?.)

  • Change dictionary language in Safari for Windows

    Hi,
    I just downloaded Safari for XP for the PC at the Job. Everything is working correctly except that the dictionary is in English. Is there a way to change it to a French dictionary?
    Thanks!
    Edit : All the menus are in French, just the dictionary is stuck in English.
    Message was edited by: eteen

    92matt wrote:
    Cheers for the quick response, but do you know whow I would do that?
    Apologies I'm not the most technical of people!
    Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking Regional and Language Options.
    Lupunus

Maybe you are looking for

  • Can't Use "Mail" Application

    I just got a MacBook so am just starting to get my head around things. I have tried to use and set up Mail but I put in my yahoo address and password - it whirrs for a bit and then says basically yahoo may require some money for this - is this correc

  • Make a print out of a printscreen

    Hi there, I want to make the following function: I have a program that is running. In that program I want to make a button for printscreen and a button for print. When pushed on the printscreen button, I want to save a printscreen. And when pushed on

  • Sites that don't support the Mac

    "Wheel of Fortune" on TV advertises scrabblecubes.com where we can supposedly play a word game by that name. At the site, operated by worldwinner.com, we learn that the games only support windoze with explorer. I went to the site of each of the 7 adv

  • Blocks in SAP Script

    Hi Experts, Please help me out with this....I need to have boxes for all the records..Like if I have 10 records then i need to have the boxes which have been printed fr the first record should get printed for the other 10 records... But this is nt ha

  • Is there a way to retain the focus of an expanded node in ADF Tree?

    Hi! All, We have a requirement that the tree nodes should be expanded and collapsed(traversed,in a word), not only by mouse clicks but also using Keys(Tab+Enter keys). This is working fine with ADF Tree, but the problem I'm facing is that the tree no