Spell check a Component
You can spell check all text fields and metadata text fields in a Component. It is not possible to spell check values in date fields, number fields, link fields, or list fields.
About this task
Note: The SpellChecker does not check both the content of the General tab and Metadata tab at the same time. If you want to check the spelling in both areas, you must perform the spell check one tab at a time.
Procedure
- To spell check a Component, open a Component and select the General tab.
- Click the Check Spelling button on the editing toolbar.
The SpellCheck pop-up appears. If errors are found, the word is highlighted in the Component and the SpellChecker offers suggested alternate spelling.
If there are no errors, the popup displays a message indicating that the spell check is complete.
- If necessary, you can change the default language of the spell check using the Language options.
Note: If you change the default language during a spell check, the SpellChecker rechecks the spelling using the selected language, including any previously checked words. When you specify a language, the SpellChecker remembers the selected option when spell checking another item in the same browser session. For example, if you spell check a Component and check the spelling of the Component in German, then open another Component and spell check, the default spell check language will be German. If you close your browser, the language will be reset to the default spell check language. - 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. - (Optional) If you wish to spell check metadata text field values, select the Metadata tab and repeat steps 2 to 4.
- Click the Close button.