OneNote (OSX) Language Proofing

Anonymous
2014-03-31T21:44:22+00:00

Hey everyone, 

I have OneNote for my MacBook (the default language is English) and when I set the proofing language to Spanish (I'm studying at a University in Chile), it seems to go back to English after a few minutes of writing. I know there is a solution for this with OneNote for Windows, but has anyone found a solution for the OSX version? 

Thanks,

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-04-28T14:05:56+00:00

    Agree. This is very annoying.

    In iOS with a virtual/ screen keyboard in makes sense to use keyboard setting since it is the normal way not switch language.

    In OS X - not at all.

    On a PC you would like the keyboard to be set to the PHYSICAL keyboard you have - nothing else makes sense. Thus language proofing setting MUST be independent from keyboard setting.

    Why not just add an option in the language selection box to be able to set a setting as either

    • For selection only and future input in this document only
    • Default for all of this page/ document
    • Default for all of OneNote

    (I'm using a Swedish keyboard - mostly typing in English)

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-22T07:24:27+00:00

    I use a Swedish keyboard because i live in Sweden and need the extra vowels but write in English....thus Onenote proofs everything in Swedish....

    Any fixes???

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-22T18:13:08+00:00

    This is beyond annoying.  I'm writing correct English and it's underlying common words in red that are correctly spelt, like "colour" and "realise".

    I have an en_US for various reasons, but that doesn't mean I'm writing American.  Please fix this and let me choose the default language, or use my system settings rather than the keyboard layout.  This is a really basic mistake that's totally inconsistent with virtually every other piece of software out there.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-12T17:30:04+00:00

    Hello,

    Same problem as most people here. I type in french (sometimes english but mostly french) with a french computer and I have to reset the language at each paragraph and it is getting very annoying...

    Thinking about switching to Pages or Evernote, but OneNote is what I used to use of my Windows computer and it is by far the best app for lessons...

    Really want a fix for that, plus it doesn't really seem complicated to do...

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-09T17:40:12+00:00

    Still waiting. I have been trying out notebook apps and to be fair this is the best I have tried so far but having to reset the language every paragraph is so annoying. I don't touch type (have to look at the keys) and have a German QWERTZ keyboard plus I often write in German so want the Umlaut keys but my main language is English. Endless squiggly red lines and inability to check text is driving me crazy.

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