Dictionary Preferences


The language setting is used to choose which language dictionary should be used to check whether words are correctly spelled. Consider that the word cinema is correctly spelled if English is the chosen language. However, the word is incorrectly spelled if French is chosen as the language. In that case the word should be cinéma.

To set the language options:

1.

Use the Language menu to set the default language .

The Language menu in the Dictionary category.

2.

If you have installed special hyphenation preferences, choose a preference from the Hyphenation menu .

The Language options in the Dictionary category.

3.

If you have installed special spelling preferences, choose a preference from the Spelling menu .

4.

Use the Double Quotes menu to choose the characters for double quotation marks .

5.

Use the Single Quotes menu to choose the characters for single quotation marks .

Tip

The Quotes menus list the marks used for different languages, such as Spanish and French. Or you can enter your own characters in the field .

The Quote menus in the Dictionary preferences.

Sharing Dictionaries

You may want to create a single dictionary that everyone in your workgroup can share. (See the next page for how to choose a specific dictionary.) Make sure that each station in your workgroup has the same customized user dictionaries installed and added, so that a document uses the same spelling and hyphenation rules regardless of who is working on it. You can either make sure that everyone adds the same dictionaries to their computer, or you can share a user dictionary over the network server.

When a user dictionary is stored on a server, the first user to load the dictionary locks the file; all subsequent users see that the dictionary is locked. Files can also be locked through the operating system, which makes the file read-only. If you share a user dictionary over the network server, you may want to lock the file so that it's read-only for all users, allowing only the administrator to add words.


You use the dictionary management tools to create, link to, add, and delete new user dictionaries. This allows you to create several dictionaries for InDesign.

To create a new user dictionary:

1.

Click the New Dictionary button in the Dictionary preferences .

The Dictionary buttons in the Dictionary preferences.

2.

Name and save the dictionary file (.udc) to a location. The new dictionary appears in the Dictionary list .

The Dictionary list displays the list of dictionaries installed in the Dictionary preferences.

You don't have to create your own new dictionary. You can use the dictionary management tools to add someone else's dictionary to your version of InDesign.

To add a dictionary:

1.

Click the Add Dictionary button in the Dictionary preferences.

2.

Navigate to select the new dictionary. The dictionary appears in the Dictionary list.

To delete a dictionary:

1.

Select the dictionary that you want to delete in the Dictionary list.

2.

Click the Delete Dictionary button in the Dictionary preferences.

To relink a dictionary:

1.

Select the dictionary that has a missing or modified icon next to its name in the Dictionary list .

The Missing icon in the Dictionary list indicates that you need to relink to the dictionary.

2.

Click the Relink Dictionary button in the Dictionary preferences.

3.

Navigate to find the missing dictionary.

The hyphenation exceptions let you choose to apply the hyphenations created by editing the Dictionary or those built into the application.

To set the hyphenation exceptions:

  • Choose one of the following from the Compose Using menu :

    The Compose Using menu in the Dictionary category.

    • User Dictionary uses only the hyphenation exceptions set by editing the Dictionary.

    • Document uses the hyphenation exceptions list stored inside the document. (See the next exercise for how to add the user dictionary hyphenation exceptions to a document.)

    • User Dictionary and Document merges the exceptions in both the document and the user dictionary. This is the default setting.

The User Dictionary options let you merge hyphenation exceptions into a document and create new hyphenation exceptions that affect the document .

The Language controls in the Dictionary category.

To set the user dictionary preferences:

1.

Merge User Dictionary into Document adds the hyphenation exceptions in the user dictionary to the document. This is on by default.

Tip

This is especially useful if you send the native InDesign document to a service bureau for output.

2.

Recompose All Stories When Modified applies the new exceptions in the user dictionary to all the stories in the document.



InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows(c) Visual QuickStart Guide
InDesign CS4 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
ISBN: 0321573579
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 309
Authors: Sandee Cohen

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