I just klick on the top of the one column to select the content of the whole column. Then go to Tools > Language > For Selection and select the language to be checked for that column.
On Fri, 2021-04-16 at 07:45 -0400, John Kaufmann wrote: > Sorry, but I was hoping you would ask HOW the spell-check language is > set separately on each column. > [I hate it when someone says "Of course" on an issue I don't see.] ;- > ) > Since you grasped it immediately, I'm afraid I must ask one of you: > How do you do that? > > > On 2021-04-15 14:22, Ulf Dunkel wrote: > > A two-column TABLE seems to be a very smart solution for this. > > Thank you, Harvey. > > > > - - - - - > > > > Am 15.04.21 um 12:09 schrieb Harvey Nimmo: > > > Hi, > > > I sometimes have to translate documents. So that I can see the > > > relationship of the texts I put one language on the right and the > > > other > > > left on the page. For that I use a two-column table which works > > > quite > > > well. Not sure if that is the most elegant solution for what you > > > want. > > > Of course you can format each column as you want (e.g. with no > > > table > > > borders), and the spell-check language can be set separately on > > > each > > > column. > > > > > > Greetings > > > Harvey > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2021-04-15 at 11:42 +0200, Ulf Dunkel wrote: > > > > Hello everyone. > > > > > > > > I would like to write a book in German and English in parallel > > > > and > > > > let > > > > the German text flow on the left and the English text on the > > > > right, > > > > or > > > > two columns of German on the left and English on the right. Is > > > > that > > > > technically possible in LO Writer? I haven't found anything > > > > about it > > > > yet. > > > > > > > > Best, Ulf -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
