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Spell check in two different languages

Although my Word's basic settings are in English, sometimes my documents are written in two languages. In this case, the Word's auto spell check can't detect the other language. It only checks with the first language, which makes every word in the second language spelling mistakes. I didn't have this problem with the earlier versions of Word, as I recently started using MS Office Professional Plus 2019. Changing language settings of the spell check doesn't do any change. How can I fix this error?
Hi there,

My name is Ryan and I am an independent advisor here.
Microsoft actually have an article to help you with this, follow the instructions below and let me know how you get on!

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/troubl...

I hope this helps!

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Hi,

My name is Mina. I am an Independent Advisor. Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. I will try to help you with your issue.

Kindly, follow the steps from this Microsoft article which explains how to spell check with multiple language.

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/troubl...

Please, let me know if there is anything else I can help with.
Regards,
Mina

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Hello Sally,

I'm John an independent advisor.

Did you try
Review > Language > Set Proofing Language

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/check-...

Hope this information helps. Please post if you need any further assistance.

Cheers
-John-

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I tried everything on here, still not working

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Create a style for the "other" language and apply it to text as needed. This will force Word to use the correct proofing tools (assuming that those are installed, of course).
Stefan Blom
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Can you specify what you mean by style?

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For an introduction, see https://shaunakelly.com/topic/word/styles.html.
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