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== Changing your spell check preferences == | == Changing your spell check preferences == | ||
[[file:LanguagePrefPane.jpg|thumb|right|Pull all the way down to '''Set up''']] | [[file:LanguagePrefPane.jpg|thumb|right|'''The Language & Text preference pane.''' Pull all the way down to '''Set up''']] | ||
Here's how to make your Mac auto-correct for British English spelling. | Here's how to make your Mac auto-correct for British English spelling. | ||
#Open '''System Preferences''', found either under {{key|}} menu, or in your dock, or in your Applications folder. Lots of ways to get to it. | #Open '''System Preferences''', found either under {{key|}} menu, or in your dock, or in your Applications folder. Lots of ways to get to it. | ||
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When you want to go back to US/AUS/CAN English, rinse and repeat as necessary. It's literally that easy. One word of caution though: You ''cannot'' skip the step of going to the '''Set up''' option. It ''seems'' like you'd just be able to select '''British English''' under the '''Spelling''' drop down, but you need to enable British English under '''Set up''' first. | When you want to go back to US/AUS/CAN English, rinse and repeat as necessary. It's literally that easy. One word of caution though: You ''cannot'' skip the step of going to the '''Set up''' option. It ''seems'' like you'd just be able to select '''British English''' under the '''Spelling''' drop down, but you need to enable British English under '''Set up''' first. | ||
===Advanced stuff=== | ===Advanced stuff=== | ||
[[File:EnglishFlavors.jpg|thumb|right|If you want to get fancy, select ''all'' the English flavours | [[File:EnglishFlavors.jpg|thumb|right|'''The Set-up window''': If you want to get fancy, select ''all'' the English flavours]] | ||
After a while of working with multiple versions of English, you're going to get tired of having to go through the steps listed above. So there is a bit of a shortcut for you compulsive English switchers. There is a way to make the English variants kind of "hot swappable". | After a while of working with multiple versions of English, you're going to get tired of having to go through the steps listed above. So there is a bit of a shortcut for you compulsive English switchers. There is a way to make the English variants kind of "hot swappable". | ||
#Go to the '''Spelling''' pull down menu | #Go to the '''Spelling''' pull down menu | ||
