Change the spell check default language

Sep 05, '02 09:21:38AM

Contributed by: jaytay

Here's how to change the spell-check language default. It's a bit of an odd way to do it but it seems to work...

  1. Type something in any application you want that supports spell-check (Mail, TextEdit, etc.).
  2. Control click on any word at all.
  3. From the pop-up menu you want Spelling > Spelling...
  4. Choose your preferred language from the pop-up.
And there we go, it definitely works for British English, not sure about everywhere else. The one problem is that it still recognises the US spelling as correct, so flavor is just as correct as flavour.

The test I used was to mistype aluminum/aluminium as "alumiium". If you're in British English version you are offered "aluminium" and if in US English "aluminum"

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