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    But that also changes the keyboard layout, doesn't it?... I want to type English text but I really want to keep my German keyboard layout.... Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 12:53
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    @JohannesS. If you right click En in the task bar and select Settings.. you will see in Installed languages German (DE) and English (En), if you expand English, there will be Keyboards listed, expand Keyboards, and add your prefered German keyboard, probably remove English one also. I didnt try it, but should work in theory ;-)
    – Gas
    Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 21:24
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    Wait, so I need to change my keyboard language if I want to have different proofing language? That's stupid. Commented Apr 4, 2019 at 21:38
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    This is THE answer. I changed the preferred language to English with Hungarian keyboard. Nothing else worked well. If you don't do something like this then all your new English text will be all underlined even if you type in a text box that you previously select all-d to English. It's crazy.
    – Piedone
    Commented Nov 23, 2019 at 13:47
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    @MatějRačinský no, you need to change the input language, not your keyboard layout. Windows is smart enough to distinguish between the two, so you can enter Spanish text with a French keyboard layout, and PowerPoint will check Spanish spelling. That is actually quite smart. To configure, in Windows 10 21H1, go to Language settings. You configure a list of Preferred languages at the bottom, and for each one, you can choose a (potentially different) keyboard layout. The language bar then allows you to switch between languages as well as betwen layouts independently.
    – bers
    Commented Apr 30, 2021 at 8:45