Writer Guide

Figure 80: The Language Tool extension
Using built-in language tools
Writer provides some tools that make your work easier if you mix
multiple languages within the same document or if you write
documents in various languages.
The main advantage of changing the language is that you can then use
the correct dictionaries to check spelling and apply the localized
versions of Autocorrect replacement tables, thesaurus, and
hyphenation rules.
You can also set the language for a paragraph or a group of characters
as None. This option is especially useful when you insert text such as
web addresses or programming language snippets that you do not
want to check for spelling.
Specifying the language in character and paragraph styles is the
preferred method, because styles allow a greater level of control and
make changing the language much faster. On the Font tab of the
Paragraph Styles dialog box, you can specify that certain paragraphs
be checked in a language that is different from the language of the rest
of the document. See Chapter 7 (Working with Styles) for information
on how to manage the language settings of a style.
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