Specifying default language

You can specify the language to use for text when adding new text objects and stories to your document.

Note:

The default language is American English (en-US).

You can set language on a specific range of text by selecting the text range and setting the language in the Properties panel, see Character style properties.

You can also specify the language to use for substitutions, which is used to simulate runtime rendering at design-time.

The language to use for substitutions when the Document is processed in runtime is set in File > Processing Properties > General > Processing Language. If you select a static value for the processing language, this language will also be used by default in design-time. You can also let the language set for substitutions in design-time to be the language used during runtime, by selecting the Use Processing simulation setting in the Processing Properties dialog.

To set the default language for new texts

1	Select Tools > Options.

2	In the Options dialog, select Defaults > Text.

3	In the Default language drop-down list, select the language.

4	Optionally, specify if the texts are hyphenated according to the TALO hyphenation library for the selected language.

To set the default language for substitutions in design-time

1	Select Tools > Options.

2	In the Options dialog, select Processing simulation.

3	In the Language drop-down list, select the language.

4	Optionally, browse to a translation table file in the Language translation table drop-down list, for a design-time translation of your substitutions of Translation type. For translation substitutions and translation table files, see Translations.

5	Optionally, browse to a font substitution table file in the Font substitutions table drop-down list, for a design-time substitution of missing fonts. See Font handling.

The languages you have access to when selecting them in the StoryTeller tool are configured in the languages.xml file that you find in the <StreamServe installation> \Services\StoryTeller\<version>\bin folder. To modify the access to languages you can de-comment or comment them out. Example of commented out language entry: <!-- <language name="en-CA"/> --> Example of language entry available in language lists in StoryTeller tool: <language name="en-GB"/>

You can specify a default language when inserting the following objects:

 

•	A Language Translation substitution

•	Language Switch

•	A Substitution

For a language translation substitution, you also specify a look-up key when inserting the substitution.

To specify default language for a Language Translation substitution

1	Select Insert > Substitution Type > Translation.

2	In the Language Translation dialog, specify the look-up key in the Key field.

3	Select a default language to use from the Language combo-box.

To specify default language for a Language Switch

1	Select Insert > Switch.

2	Browse to the Message field to use for the Switch, or enter an XPath.

3	Select a default language to use from the Language combo-box.

4	Click OK and select the Switch.

5	In the Properties panel, right-click the Switch and select Switch > Type > Language.

To specify default language for a standard substitution

1	Select Insert > Substitution.

2	Browse to the Message field to use for the Switch, or enter an XPath.

3	Select a default language to use from the Language combo-box.