Aleontiou13
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Q: change language from keyboard

I want to change from one language to another using only my keyboard.

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 31, 2015 10:14 AM

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Thank you very much , Tom. I got it.

Happy New Year from Athens, Greece to all.

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 12:30 AM

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  • by hjekman ,

    hjekman hjekman May 25, 2016 9:54 AM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    May 25, 2016 9:54 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

    control plus changes keyboard layout as far as I can see. I want to stick to my keyboard layout but get the spellchecking etc to change from US to in my case Swedish w/o me having to mentally move all parenthesis etc around. WIndows solved this quite some time ago. Any language, at least Latin, can be input with any keyboard - you just create and select the "pair" you want, and it sticks application by application. I've always consider Mac's to be more user friendly so there just has to be a way OR....

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke May 25, 2016 10:26 AM in response to hjekman
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    May 25, 2016 10:26 AM in response to hjekman

    hjekman wrote:

     

    I want to stick to my keyboard layout but get the spellchecking etc to change from US to in my case Swedish

     

    The most reliable way to switch spellcheck dictionaries is to go to Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar and do it manually.

     

    You can also try going to system prefs/keyboard/text/spelling/setup and checking the boxes for the two languages you want and then setting it to Automatic.  How well it works you have to test.

     

    Some apps like MS Word do not use Apple stuff and have their own spellcheck settings you would have to fool with.

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