In Pages 5.5.3, how can I write a document in French?

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In Pages 5.5.3, how can I write a document in French?

In Pages ’09, using the separate Inspector, it was easy to change the language. I use French as a second language and have befriended a French family with whom I’m now in regular contact. I can’t find any way of changing the language (with attendant spell-check) in Pages 5.5.3 - all I get is the option to change the keyboard layout - which I don’t want to do. It’s very easy to put accents in but the British spell check keeps changing everything I write so I have to resort to using Pages 09.

Has anybody found out how to (temporarily) use another language in the latest Pages?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 14, 2015 1:58 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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May 14, 2015 4:02 PM in response to Max Roberts

Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar, then choose the French dictionary.

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Max Roberts Author

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May 15, 2015 8:10 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks so Much, Tom. I've just checked it out and yes, there it was. Somewhat hidden away! It's a pity this is not mentioned in Pages Help.

~ Give yourself a "brownie point" (if you're old-fashioned and Engish, like me!)

Best Wishes!

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Feb 9, 2016 6:42 AM in response to Max Roberts

I find that hidden option not very useful. Apple is an international company so why not thinking globally?

Anyhow, I have the problem, that the spell check is not effecting the correct hyphenation for some normal German words.

Any hints for that?

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Tom Gewecke

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Feb 9, 2016 7:11 AM in response to Heinz1970

Heinz1970 wrote:

I find that hidden option not very useful. ...... the spell check is not effecting the correct hyphenation for some normal German words.

To ask Apple for the improvements you want, you can use

http://www.apple.com/feedback

but for more capable proofing tools, best use a more advanced app like Word.

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Feb 9, 2016 7:13 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you! Will use that link.

I don't find Word more advanced. It is a great text editing program, but shity design. That’s why I like Apple apps.

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Tom Gewecke

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Feb 9, 2016 7:23 AM in response to Heinz1970

Heinz1970 wrote:

I don't find Word more advanced. It is a great text editing program, but shity design. That’s why I like Apple apps.

Understood. But many people need to get more complicated work done, and if an app is lacking features essential to doing that, great design is not much consolation. People who need linked text boxes, facing pages, language tagging of text, better proofing tools, and various other things have had to abandon Pages 5.

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Feb 9, 2016 7:30 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

For such things I rather use InDesign or OpenOffice.

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