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From: chagnon
Date: Jun 10, 2021 7:08AM

If you have specific questions about any Adobe product, visit Adobe's online forums. https://community.adobe.com/

I'm an Adobe Community Professional there (an invited expert and Forum moderator). Best to first search the forums for your topic; there's a good chance we've already answered your question. If nothing meets your needs, then post a question in the appropriate forum: Acrobat, InDesign, etc.

RE: your dictionary/language situation. You're right, Welsh is not included in InDesign's standard set of language dictionaries that are installed with the program.

There are 2-steps to designating a language in InDesign:

1. Select (or install and then select) the appropriate language dictionary in Preferences / Language.
2. Select the appropriate language in your style definitions.

This lets you set the language globally for the primary language, and designate another language for specific paragraphs of text or individual phrases. Examples: A primarily English language brochure with a Spanish translation. Also a foreign phrase within a sentence, such as "bon voyage" specified in French.

In your case, I'd ask the Forum if the Welsh dictionary is available for InDesign. Copy/Paste what you originally wrote in your post here at WebAIM. I don't have an answer where to get a Welsh dictionary, but another moderator/ACP probably does and can direct you. Someone there definitely knows more about InDesign dictionaries than I do!

I'm amazed by the wealth of information the moderators/ACPs have in Adobe's forums. It's not perfect, but it's the first place I'd go for technical answers.

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