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Editing with Spell Check

When spell checking in the Editor, you can ignore words, replace words with a suggestion or replace words with your suggested text.

Before you begin

  • Create or add custom dictionaries.
  • Specify your spelling options.
  • Specify if you want to use the Hunspell or Microsoft Words spell checker.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Projects view and select the project you want to work on.
  2. Go to the Files view and double-click the file you want to work on.
  3. In the Editor view, select the Review tab, and in the Quality Assurance group, select Check Spelling. The Spell Checker dialog is displayed. The first misspelled word is displayed in the Not in Dictionary box.
  4. Perform one of the following actions:
    • To ignore the misspelled word, selectIgnore to ignore it once or select Ignore All to add the misspelled word to the Ignore All word list for the spell checker that you have selected.
    • To replace the misspelled word from your document with the replacement text from the Change to box, select Change. You can select which word is displayed in the Change to box from the Suggestions box or manually type a word into the Change To box.
    • To replace every occurrence of this error in the current document, select Change All.
    • To add the replacement term to the default custom dictionary for the spell checker that you have selected, select Add. If there is no default dictionary for that target language, this button is disabled.
    • To display a list of spelling suggestions in the Suggestions box, select Suggest. This option is only available if you have typed your own replacement text in the Change to box.
  5. When the file check is complete, the following message is displayed: Spell Checking is complete. Select OK to close the message and the Spell Checker dialog.