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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."
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."
Any language edition of QuarkXPress can open, display, and output a project that uses
East Asian features. However, only an East Asian edition of QuarkXPress allows you to edit
text that uses East Asian features.
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 to text, use the Language drop-down menu in the Character
Attributes dialog box (Style > Character). You can also apply character language using
style sheets and the Character Attributes pane of the Measurements palette.
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