If you had selected some text in step 1, it will now be checked in the proper spelling language. If you want to enter text in the language you have selected in step 4, you can start typing now. Scroll to the language you want to use and select it.Ĭlick OK to close the Language dialog box. In the Language dialog box or the Proofing Language pane, clear the check box Detect language automatically.

On the Review tab, in the Language group, click Language, and then click Set Proofing Language. Or, if you have already typed the text, select the text. Place your cursor in the document where you want to start typing text in a different language. If you need to set the language manually, follow these steps: If detecting the language automatically does not work as expected and if you prefer to type text in another language while keeping your keyboard layout language unchanged, you can set the language for checking spelling and grammar manually. For more information, see Enable or change a keyboard layout language When you change the keyboard layout, Office automatically switches to the appropriate spelling language for you. Office can identify the language of the text you type by the active keyboard layout. This is the most convenient way to set the spelling language. It will then adjust the spelling language to match your text. If the check box Detect language automatically in the Language dialog is selected, Office will try to recognize the language you are using as you type. There are three common ways Office uses to identify that.

To check spelling and grammar accurately, Office needs to know the language that text is in.

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