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Pages; Mail; Safari - Can I make "automatic by language" a default setting?

I have iWork (Pages, Numbers etc) set to British English and with French as a second language. But there is no option to use both together, you have to choose one over the other. I frequently need both in the same document so, ideally I want to make "automatic by language" the default setting. As things stand, I have to select Edit, scroll down and down to Spelling and Grammar, select "Show Spelling and Grammar" then select "automatic by language" EVERY time I need to use French (several times a day). The same with Safari: if I want to write on a French site or to a French friend on social media, same problem, same procedure. Ditto with Mail. If Apple haven't allowed for the many people who are bilingual, trilingual or learning foreign languages without making them go through this cumbersome procedure for every new or re-opened document, it's about time this issue was addressed! My chat with an Apple Support adviser got me nowhere yet he agreed that this is an important issue. He wondered if there is any software available to help. Have any of you wonderfully clever and helpful people found a way round this problem or discovered available software? Sadly, the advisor's suggestion to provide feedback to "feedback.apple.com" met with a blank - page unavailable!


It would be very useful to be able to do the same with the iPad if that isn't asking too much.

MacBook Pro 13″, 10.15

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 11:49 AM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2020 2:33 AM

Max Roberts wrote: ideally I want to make "automatic by language" the default setting.


If you go to system preferences/keyboard/text/spelling and set that to "automatic" (after going to "setup" at the bottom of the list and checking the boxes for English and French), don't the apps also have "automatic" as their default?

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Jun 28, 2020 2:33 AM in response to Max Roberts

Max Roberts wrote: ideally I want to make "automatic by language" the default setting.


If you go to system preferences/keyboard/text/spelling and set that to "automatic" (after going to "setup" at the bottom of the list and checking the boxes for English and French), don't the apps also have "automatic" as their default?

Jun 28, 2020 3:43 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Tom, I'm sure you've helped me before. I did as you suggested and tried in all places: Pages, Mail, Safari and yes, I am able to read my documents in the languages I wrote them and to write in either language.


I can't thank you enough for saving me a lot of extra time! I hope this exchange will help others who have encountered the same frustration!


Je vous remercie avec reconnaissance! J'espère que vous passeras une belle journée!

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