Q: Can I attach a character style to a keyboard layout?

I don't think Pages can do this, but Nisus Writer probably can.  Maybe Mellel too.

You are thinking of this back to front, you should be thinking of attaching a Language to a Paragraph Style.

You can do that in Pages '09 but I am almost certain that is not possible in Pages 5 and 6.

Peter

BBut that won't affect either the font or the keyboard layout, just the spellcheck.

YYou can use Character Styles in pages 4 instead.  But I don't think there is any way to connect the keyboard layout to them.

Language is a property listed in Pages '09 Character Styles, so yes it is connected.

Even better that you can apply it using a keyboard shortcut, and selectively have certain properties override the Paragraph Style (there is a checklist in the Character Style).

Pages '09's poor Hebrew/Arabic support will however negate these advantages. For other languages it works well.

Peter

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

 

Language is a property listed in Pages '09 Character Styles, so yes it is connected.

Do you really find that activating a Character Style with the Language property set to Hebrew or Greek will switch the keyboard layout to either of those?   (Sorry, I don't have Pages 4 operational at the moment and cannot test it, but I think all that does is mark the text for spellcheck).

Tom Gewecke wrote:

 

BBut that won't affect either the font or the keyboard layout, just the spellcheck.

Font is part of character style. Haven't tried the keyboard but that is a keyboard shortcut anyway to flip.

Peter

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

 

Haven't tried the keyboard but that is a keyboard shortcut anyway to flip.

But the whole question here is how to do both keyboard layout and font at once with just one shortcut.

It is what it is, unfortunately.

Peter