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== Changing your dictionary == | == Changing your dictionary == | ||
All OS X installations carry with them a vast array of | All OS X installations carry with them a vast array of dictionaries, but you may never have bothered to look under the hood and find them. Changing from your default local English dictionary to the Oxford English Dictionary is a snap. | ||
<div id=inline-box-rt>Note that the British English dictionary in Mac OS X is ''not'' the "official" dictionary of this wiki. The OS X British dictionary will, for example, tell you that ''colonise'' and ''dematerialise'' are valid alternates for what appears to be the primary spellings of ''colonize'' and ''dematerialize''. Because Mac British spell checking flags ''colonize'' as incorrect, however, this wiki deems ''colonise'' to be the "''practically'' correct" spelling. For more of these "close calls", please see '''[[T:SCC|our spelling cheat card]]'''. The technically minded may wish to seek out '''[[Tardis:Spelling policy/user-fixes.py#The code|the full list of words whose spelling we enforce]]'''. </div> | <div id=inline-box-rt>Note that the British English dictionary in Mac OS X is ''not'' the "official" dictionary of this wiki. The OS X British dictionary will, for example, tell you that ''colonise'' and ''dematerialise'' are valid alternates for what appears to be the primary spellings of ''colonize'' and ''dematerialize''. Because Mac British spell checking flags ''colonize'' as incorrect, however, this wiki deems ''colonise'' to be the "''practically'' correct" spelling. For more of these "close calls", please see '''[[T:SCC|our spelling cheat card]]'''. The technically minded may wish to seek out '''[[Tardis:Spelling policy/user-fixes.py#The code|the full list of words whose spelling we enforce]]'''. </div> | ||
#Go to your Applications folder | #Go to your Applications folder | ||
