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I am happy to hear about new fonts; this seems overdue. Now, I'd really like Google Docs to allow setting a document's language. Currently, if you want spell-
by joejohnson 14y ago
I am happy to hear about new fonts; this seems overdue. Now, I'd really like Google Docs to allow setting a document's language. Currently, if you want spell-check in a foreign language, you have to change the language in your account settings, which then changes the UI language too. I want english language UI, with foreign language support in the document.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoAs a school student, I'd find this useful. I study foreign languages at school so it's handy to not have red underlines under every single German word. Some desktop text editing packages can't get language selection right, and ignore my document-wide settings (I'm looking at you, LibreOffice)
- jakevoytko 14y agoDoes... File -> Language -> $language_name do what you want?
- joejohnson 14y agoNo. I can't tell what that does. If I create a new document, and then set File -> Language -> French, and then begin typing, it will still spell-check in English.
- danmaz74 14y agoMaybe that depends on your browser spell-checking options?
- codeka 14y agoYou shouldn't need to do anything. From what I can gather, it uses a similar system to google's "Did you mean?" algorithm, which means it basically works for all languages (and also even for words like "derp" and "pwnage" which you would never expect to find in a regular dictionary) So for example, if I type in "Jee suis de la France" it'll underline "Jee" and suggest "Je" as expected. I can then type "Jaig är från Sverige" in the exact same document and it'll underline "Jaig" and suggest "Jag" as expected. I can even type in "pwnaige" and it'll suggest "pwnage"!!