8. Check a Document's Spelling
2 Create a New Document 3 Open an Existing Document 9 Print a Document Writer can check your spelling in two ways:
- All at once after you've composed or opened a document
- As you type by highlighting your words with a red, wavy line beneath the misspelled ones
1. | Request a Spelling Check Choose Tools, Spellcheck from the menu bar to check the spelling of your current document. Writer begins checking the spelling of your document, starting at the current location of the insertion point and continuing to the end of the document. If the insertion point was not at the beginning of the document, Writer prompts you to continue the spelling check from the beginning of the document before it completes the check to make sure that nothing was missed. If Writer finds a misspelled word, Writer displays the Spellcheck dialog box, which shows the misspelled word and the sentence in which that word occurs. Writer also suggests alternate spellings if they are available. |
10. | Select an Option From the right-click menu, select the option you want to choose to handle the misspelled word. Although the Spellcheck dialog box offers more suggestions than this right-click menu, the right-click menu often brings up as many options as you will routinely need to ensure spelling accuracy when you type. |