Learn how to set proofing language for selected text containers in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows. Setting languages separately for text containers can be helpful if the same presentation has content in multiple languages.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
Do you have a presentation that contains text that needs to be spell-checked in more than one language? Or do you and your client or colleague work with different localized versions of Microsoft PowerPoint? It may be that you use English (US) and color is a perfectly valid spelling. However, someone else in another part of the world uses English (UK) and their spell checker suggest that the word color be changed to colour. Or if they use the French version of PowerPoint, then both spellings of color/colour would be flagged as incorrect. They use the term couleur. You first need to have the proofing tools installed for all or any of the languages that you need to work within PowerPoint. Then, you need to follow these steps in powerpoint 2010 for Windows:
Now when you spell check your slides, the text in the containers will be proofed for the language set for proofing. Another way of accessing the Language dialog box shown in Figure 2 above is as explained below:
See Also:
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