How do I set the document language in Pages '13?

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How do I set the document language in Pages '13?

In Pages '09 it was possible to set a document's language by going to the More tab in the Text menu of the Inspector and selecting the language from the pull-down menu.

In Pages '13 this has disappeared from the text format More sidebar, and I cannot find any way to set the language at all. It is possible to alter the spell-checking language in the Spelling and Grammar menu (under Edit in the menu bar), but this also indicates that the document language is set somewhere centrally. See this screenshot, where I have a document that was obviously set to Br. English and I want it in Am. English:

I have to work in multiple languages and various flavors (it's the same in German). My system language is set to English and my keyboard to Am. English.

Any idea of what to do?

Thanks,
Pato

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion, iWork '13

Posted on Jan 22, 2014 1:24 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 22, 2014 2:46 AM in response to Patito

Apple has automated much of this and manual changes affect the entire document

Why not go back to Pages '09, which should still be in your Applications/iWork folder?

Peter

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Answer 2

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

115,876 points

Jan 22, 2014 5:08 AM in response to Patito

Patito wrote:

It is possible to alter the spell-checking language in the Spelling and Grammar menu (under Edit in the menu bar)

That is all you can do at present with Pages 5. Like Peter said, if you want something more, you need to go back to Pages 4.

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