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• • February 23, 2010 at 8:55 am #54974
    nellbern

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    I'm QuarkXpress user transitioning to ID. How do I quickly spellcheck a spanish document?

  • February 23, 2010 at 11:35 am #54975
    David Blatner

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    Spanish comes as a built-in language in InDesign, but you need to specify that the text is in Spanish. You can do that with the Language pop-up menu in the paragraph styles you're using, or by selecting the text and using the Language pop-up menu in the Control panel.

  • April 5, 2010 at 10:21 am #55419
    nellbern

    Member

    David,

    Many thanks. I was to spellcheck creating a paragraph style but about if I want just spellcheck without creating a paragraph style. I don't see the language option pop-up menu in the Control panel

  • April 5, 2010 at 2:27 pm #55424
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    The Control Panel is tool-sensitive, and for text, it even gets divided into two bars: Character and Paragraph properties. “Language” is, by default, in the Character part, and you can toggle between the two using the leftmost buttons (conveniently displaying a 'character' and a paragraph symbol). If you happen to have a wide screen, it pays off to visit the drop down menu (on the far right of the control panel). The bottom option is “Customize”, and my screen is wide enough to switch “on” everything (plus some space to spare).

    Or you can select your text and set the language using the Character Panel. If there is no “Language” drop down, the panel has its Extra Options hidden; select “Show Options” in the Panel dropdown menu to see them again.

    By the way, you don't have to create paragraph styles to set the language. It's enough to change the ones you already have.

  • April 6, 2010 at 5:59 am #55429
    nellbern

    Member

    Jongware,

    I can't ask for a better, and detailed explanation. Thank You ;-)

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