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Working with Multiple Languages
QuarkXPress is available in several language configurations. If your language
configuration supports it, you can:
Open and edit projects that use any supported character language. Character
language is an attribute that you can apply to text to indicate which
hyphenation and spell checking rules should be used with that text. You can
apply character language at the character level — so even if a sentence uses
words in two different languages, every word can be hyphenated and spell
checked correctly. For more information, see “Applying a character language.”
(Windows only) Change the user interface and keyboard commands to any
supported program language. Program language refers to the language used
in application menus and dialog boxes. Program language affects only the
user interface; it does not affect spell checking and hyphenation. For more
information, see “Changing the program language.”
(Mac OS X only) The program language is determined by your OS language at
the time of install. You can change the UI language by changing the display
language of OS X in System Preferences and restarting QuarkXPress.
Irrespective of whether East Asian functionality is enabled in Preferences,
QuarkXPress can open, display, and output a project that uses East Asian
features. However, you can only edit text that uses East Asian features if your
East Asian Preference is enabled (QuarkXPress/Edit > East Asian).
Applying a character language
The character language attribute determines which dictionary is used for spell
checking and which rules and exceptions are used for hyphenation. When you
check the spelling of text that uses different languages, each word is checked
using the assigned language dictionary. When automatic hyphenation is
enabled for a project that uses different character languages, each word is
hyphenated using the appropriate hyphenation rules and hyphenation
exceptions for that language.
To apply a character language:
Use the Language drop-down menu in the Edit Character Style Sheet dialog.
Use the Language drop-down menu in the Character tab of the
Measurements palette.
Use the Convert Project Language dialog (Utilities > Convert Project
Language...).