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British English with US Keyboard?

Is there a way to use British English, in terms of grammar and spelling with Mac OS X's spellcheck and autocorrect functions, but with a US Keyboard layout? Where # (Shift+3 on US layout) isn't changed into £ (Shift+3 on UK layout).

MacBook Mid 2007, iMac Early 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 16, 2010 10:18 PM

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Posted on Sep 17, 2010 3:11 AM

The keyboard layout is irrelevant to spellcheck. To set the spell check language you go to system prefs/language & text/text/spelling and set it to what you want there. Also you can go to system prefs/language & text/language and put British English at the top of the list (use the Edit button to add it if necessary). In any app you can also go to Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar and set the dictionary there (except Pages where you go to Inspector > Text > More > Language).
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Sep 17, 2010 3:11 AM in response to jengajam

The keyboard layout is irrelevant to spellcheck. To set the spell check language you go to system prefs/language & text/text/spelling and set it to what you want there. Also you can go to system prefs/language & text/language and put British English at the top of the list (use the Edit button to add it if necessary). In any app you can also go to Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar and set the dictionary there (except Pages where you go to Inspector > Text > More > Language).
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