Monday, April 20, 2009

How to set your computer spell checker to your language

When using a spell checker, you need to make sure your computer's spell checker is set to the language in which you are operating. For English, there are two possible options - English (US) and English (Australian/UK). Because I am based in Australia, I have the Australian version set on my computer.

To set up your spell checker to use the correct English language dictionary (or to check this is already in place), follow this easy process:

* Open Microsoft Word and left click on the 'Review' tab
* Go to 'Proofing' section
* Left click on the icon with a globe and a red tick, which is 'Set Language'
* Left click and you will see a listing of all possible languages which can be set as your spell checker, from Afrikaans to Yoruba.
* Highlight the language of your choice and click on the default button, which will set up the 'Normal' template for all future documents to rely on the spell checker language you have chosen.

This should take you no more than 30 seconds to achieve. You can rest assured from this point on that your spelling will be correct for the English context in which you are operating.

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