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Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint
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You can assign the Set Proofing Language to all text boxes on a page or to all slides at once in PowerPoint Desktop.
- You must change the view to Outline.
From the ribbon, Select View | Outline
From the left Outline navigation pane, complete the appropriate options below
Option 1: Individual Slide: Click on one slide, then press Ctrl + A to select all content on the page.
Option 2: Multiple slides: While holding down the Ctrl key, click on the preferred slides. For example, Slides 1 and 3. This method selects and deselects multiple objects and the content on the page.
Option 3: Entire presentation: This time, select all slides by pressing Ctrl + A
- Now, you can set your proofing language.
From the ribbon, select Review | Language | Set Proofing Language - Choose your language
See the updated information below dated Feb 14, 2023: Re: Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint - Microsoft Community Hub
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Teresa
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- You must change the view to Outline.
Hi there,
I was struggling with this as well. Please ensure you have the proofing language downloaded. Otherwise, it won't register as the language you are using with the proofing language.
Click Language preferences, and then under office authoring languages and proofing, click add a language. To the right of the language name after selecting one, there should be a button that says proofing available. This means that the proofing isn't installed and needs to be. Once it is and office restarts, go to Language, set proofing language, then try again. The ABC icon with a checkmark should appear in front of the language. Then, you are good to go. I hope this helps! Just discovered this on my own.