British English with US Keyboard?

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Level 1

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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

Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

124,784 points

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).

Answer 2

jengajam Author

Level 1

8 points

Sep 17, 2010 5:09 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Oh. That did it. I never noticed the Spelling pull-down before.
Now I have my "colours" and "authorisations" working on my standard keyboard.
Very helpful. Thanks a lot.

Answer 3

Sass

Level 2

343 points

Nov 17, 2010 8:35 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

I had the same question only with Canadian English. Thank you for such a clear, concise answer. 😀

Sass