Mac questions......Again!

knightstyle

Hi everyone, its me back with a couple more how to questions about my Macbook 10.6.8
First I seem to have lost the drop down spelling window which would show spelling versions of misspelt words.
Second the spelling is American in spite of my changing it to UK English.
Third, when connecting a projector I have to slide the screen to the right for it to be shown on the projector and I cannot see what is on the projector screen on the laptop screen. DDs little Dell notebook shows the projected image on the screen so can I get the Macbook to do this?
Thanks in advance.

macman

What word processing program ('spelling window)' are you using?

Mr_Toad

press cmd and space to open up spotlight then type in dictionary. When dictionary opens there are buttons you can select.

All
Dictionary - I think this is the US version
Thesaurus
Apple
Wikipedia
British Dictionary

Also open up the System Settings and check in Language & Text that you have British Englist at the top of the list of languages.

I have no idea the projector issue as I've never connected a Mac to one.

knightstyle

Still no joy, in system settings I have British English and in gmail, Open Office, NeoOffice and Word, all come up with American spellings!

Mr_Toad

knightstyle wrote: »

Still no joy, in system settings I have British English and in gmail, Open Office, NeoOffice and Word, all come up with American spellings!

I think I can help with Word.

from the Menu select tool > Language then select English (UK) then click on the default button.

gonzo127

masonn wrote: »

press cmd and space to open up spotlight then type in dictionary. When dictionary opens there are buttons you can select.

i always wondered what the 'command promt' window was called in mac,

cheers

knightstyle

Thanks, I have already done that and set british English but it still underlines words such as "realise" unless I use American spelling.

m5rcc

Highlight the whole text then set default spelling as UK

Mr_Toad

knightstyle wrote: »

Thanks, I have already done that and set british English but it still underlines words such as "realise" unless I use American spelling.

Ah yes. Well I think realize is one of those words where we used to use z rather than realise with an s for a long time. In fact I believe the z version was the correct spelling which the Americans stick to and we tend towards the use of realise.

I seem to remember someone telling me it started when printed books and newspapers became common, the typesetters had lots of the letter s and not many z so they started to replace z with s in words like realize and organize etc. and it's stuck. An example of how languages evolve.

The Oxford English Dictionary entry is realize (also realise)

I'm blathering, sorry.

pollypenny

Sorry to poach original question, but I would be grateful for an answer. (Mac user)

Clicked on my link to the USA gov site for its ESTA, needing to update for our visit at end of month.

Although I have used it a number of times, a message popped up saying the
mac couldn't verify the authenticity of the site.

The same thing happened with the Archers Direct site once.

Is it anything to worry about?

almillar

Gonzo - no - Spotlight is for searching with - the equivalent for command prompt on the Mac (and Linux) is Terminal.