Check spelling language does not change from Swedish to English (UK)

[sharminis83775337]

Anyone know how to change the check spelling language to English (UK). It has been set as Swedish by default and NEVER changes. Due to this I can't run the spell check for my InDesign documents at all. Please help. Thanks in advance.

[Barb Binder]

You can change the default for all new documents by closing all open files, and choosing Type > Character. Change the language to English (UK).

You can change the language for all new text within each existing document by first choosing Edit > Deselect all and then choosing Type > Character. Change the language to English (UK).

You will then have to tackle the existing text in each of your files. If you are using styles, you can edit the parent styles. If you aren't using styles, you can use Edit > Find/Change to change Swedish to English.

~Barb

[sharminis83775337]

Thanks, Barb. I noticed that this was one of the methods recommended on another thread. Unfortunately, it doesn't work and reverts back to Swedish. BUT I finally figured out the problem. I did some research and discovered that the original layout was designed by a Swedish firm and I'm guessing that they had the Swedish language as default. Thanks for taking the time to help.

[rob day]

Barbs F&C method would get all of the document text, but would not change Paragraph and Character styles, so make sure you also change the language in all of the styles.

If you are using OSX this AppleScript will set the language of all the text and styles to UK:

set lang to "English: UK"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2018"

set pstyles to all paragraph styles of active document
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in pstyles
try
set applied language of item i of pstyles to lang
end try
end repeat

set cstyles to all character styles of active document
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in cstyles
try
set applied language of item i of cstyles to lang
end try
end repeat
try
set applied language of every paragraph of every story of active document to lang
end try
try
set applied language of every paragraph of every cell of every table of every story of active document to lang
end try
end tell