Assign a language to text, Change the case of type – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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See also
“Transparency effects” on page 395
Assign a language to text
Assigning a language to text determines which spelling and hyphenation dictionary is used. Assigning a language
does not change the actual text.
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Do any of the following:
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To apply the language only to selected text, select the text.
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To change the default dictionary used in InDesign, choose the language with no documents open.
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To change the default dictionary for a specific document, choose Edit > Deselect All, and then choose the
language.
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In the Character panel or Control panel, choose the appropriate dictionary in the Language menu.
InDesign uses Proximity language dictionaries for both spelling and hyphenation. These dictionaries let you specify
a different language for as little as a single character of text. Each dictionary contains hundreds of thousands of words
with standard syllable breaks. Changing the default language does not affect existing text frames or documents.
You can customize language dictionaries to ensure that any unique vocabulary you use is recognized and treated
correctly.
How dictionaries affect hyphenation
A. “Glockenspiel” in English B. “Glockenspiel” in Traditional German C. “Glockenspiel” in Reformed German
See also
“Hyphenation and spelling dictionaries” on page 155
Change the case of type
The All Caps or Small Caps commands change the appearance of text, but not the text itself. Conversely, the Change
Case command changes the case setting of selected text. This distinction is important when searching or spell-
checking text. For example, suppose you type “spiders” in your document and apply All Caps to the word. Using
Find/Change (with Case Sensitive selected) to search for “SPIDERS” will not find the instance of “spiders” to which
All Caps was applied. To improve search and spell-check results, use the Change Case command rather than All Caps.
Change text to All Caps or Small Caps
InDesign can automatically change the case of selected text. When you format text as small caps, InDesign automat-
ically uses the small-cap characters designed as part of the font, if available. Otherwise, InDesign synthesizes the
small caps using scaled-down versions of the regular capital letters. The size of synthesized small caps is set in the
Type Preferences dialog box.
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