Spellchecking on macOS

On macOS, Swordfish uses native spellchecker APIs.

About this task

By default, macOS detects the language the user is typing in and automatically adjusts its internal spellchecker. Use theses steps to select a specific language for spellchecking.

Procedure

  1. Open System Preferences application
    System Preferences Dialog
  2. On the System Preferences main window, select Keyboard option
    System Preferences window switches to:
    Keyboard Preferences
  3. On the Keyboard panel, select the Text tab
    Keyboard preferences changes to:
    Text Preferences
  4. Select your preferred language from the Spelling drop-down list

What to do next

You may need to restart Swordfish to activate the new settings.