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7 To add the exceptions list stored in the external user dictionary to the exceptions list stored within the document,
select Merge User Dictionary Into Document.
Note: If you work with many different partners or clients, you might want to deselect the Merge User Dictionary Into
Document option. For example, if you’re a service provider, you probably don’t want your user dictionary merged with
every customer’s file.
8 To recompose all stories when certain settings are changed, select Recompose All Stories When Modified.
Selecting this option recomposes stories when you change the Compose Using settings (see step 6) or when you use
the Dictionary command to add or remove words. Recomposing all stories can take some time, depending on the
amount of text in the document.
9 Click OK.
Change the default language
You can apply language to the selected text by using the Language drop-down list in the Character panel. In addition,
you can specify the default language for an entire document or newly created documents. Existing text frames or
documents are not affected when the default language is changed. Changing the default language also changes the
sort order for the table of contents.
1 Do one of the following:
• To specify the default language for individual documents, make sure the Selection tool is active and no objects are
selected in the document.
• To specify the default language for new documents, close all documents.
2 Choose Type > Character to display the Character panel.
3 Select the language from the Language drop-down list. If the Language menu is not shown, select Show Options
from the Character panel menu.
Using dictionaries in a workgroup
Make sure that each station in your workgroup has the same customized user dictionaries installed and added, so
that a document uses the same spelling and hyphenation rules regardless of who is working on it. You can either
make sure that everyone adds the same dictionaries to their computer, or you can share a user dictionary over the
network server.
A lock icon indicates that a dictionary is locked and can be used, but not edited. When a user dictionary is stored
on a server, the first user to load the dictionary locks the file; all subsequent users see that the dictionary is locked.
Files can also be locked through the operating system, when the file is made read-only. If you share a user dictionary
over the network server, you may want to lock the file so that it’s read-only for all users, allowing only the adminis-
trator to add words.
Make sure that everyone in the workgroup uses the customized user dictionary installed on the common network
workstation, and not the dictionary stored with a document. However, before you take a document to a service
provider, you might want to merge the user dictionary into the document. (See “Change dictionary preferences” on
page 159.)
If you don’t share a customized user dictionary on a common network workstation, use your system Find command
to locate user dictionary files and copy them from one workstation to another. (You might need to search for system
folders.) If you use the Proximity dictionaries installed by InDesign, you can recognize the user dictionary file for
each language by its .udc file name extension (such as eng.udc).