How to change the idiom for a paragraph

[luis_jaime]

Well, I believe that it is a bug.

I have LO Versión: 6.1.5.2
Id. de compilación: 1:6.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~lo3
Subprocs. CPU: 2; SO: Linux 4.4; Repres. IU: predet.; VCL: x11;
Configuración regional: es-CO (es_CO.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded

I believe that this is the last versión for 32 bits :(. For now I can’t to change the computer. Additionally, It’s working well.

When I like to change the Idiom to a paragraph or a page I go to Idiom/for selection or Idiom/for paragraph. Once there I go to “more” because don’t appear English and LO call a dialog for change character properties not the Idiom. When I go to Idiom/All the text/More, here appear the correct dialog: Options - Idiom Configuration.

What have I do to fix this issue? I must have make a downgrade?

Thanks in advance.

[LeroyG]

@luis_jaime,

In menu Format - Character… - Font tab, you find the Language text field to change a selection’s language.

If do you want to change the language for all the text (menu Tools - Options… - Language Settings - Languages), you can select the default language for all documents or For the current document only.

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[luis_jaime]

Thanks a lot LeroyG, effectively I find the Idiom in the character dialog. The problem was that I expected the language dialog and never see the tiny option. But now … I know

[ajlittoz]

This is not a bug.

A document may be written in several languages.

Tools>Language>For all text opens the same dialog as Tools>Options, Language Settings>Languages with For the current document only option already checked.

Tools>Language>For selection or For paragraph will have an effect only on this part of the document. The mechanism is the same as what you would configure in a character style (selection) or paragraph style (paragraph). The language attribute is located in the Font tab of these style configuration dialogs. And this is intended because setting the language for only a part of the document must not change the language in the rest of the document.

If you encounter this kind of difficulty, I bet you don’t work with styles and you format your document “manually”. This is called direct formatting. You are encouraged to download and read the Writer Guide and read the chapters about styles. The link points to the Spanish translation.

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[luis_jaime]

Thanks a lot Ajlittoz, effectively I find the Idiom in the character dialog. The problem was that I expected the language dialog and never see the tiny option. But now … I know