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Spell check metadata fields

You can spell check the contents of text and formattable text fields within the metadata fields of Publications, Structure Groups, Folders, Virtual Folders, and Pages. It is not possible to spell check values in date fields, number fields, link fields, or list fields.

About this task

Procedure

  1. To spell check a Publication, Structure Group, Folder, Virtual Folder, or Page metadata, open the item for which you want to spell check metadata.
  2. Click the Spell Check button on the toolbar.
  3. If necessary, you can change the default language of the spell check using the Language options.
  4. For each detected error, you can use one of the following options:
    • Ignore: ignore the detected error and continue checking
    • Ignore all: ignore the detected error every time it appears in a text field in this Component
    • Change: use the default suggestion in the Change To field, select the suggestion that applies to the detected error, or type in your own spelling and click the Change button to change the detected error
    • Change all: use the default suggestion in the Change to field, select the suggestion that applies to the detected error, or type in your own spelling, and click the Change button to change the detected error every time the spell checker finds the word
    The word that appears in the Change To field is used to replace the spelling error. Once the spell check is complete, the following window appears.
  5. Click the Close button once you have finished spell checking.

Results

You have spell-checked metadata fields of a Publication, Structure Group, Folder, Virtual Folder, or Page.