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
NOTE
Don't rely solely on Writer's spelling check capabilities. Writer's spelling checker does not replace the need for proofreading on your part. As a good example, consider that Writer will find absolutely no misspelled words in the following sentence:
Wee went two the fare too search the bares.
If Writer flags a word as misspelled but the word is spelled correctly, you can tell Writer to add that word to its spelling dictionary or to ignore the word for the rest of the editing session. Writer might flag some proper nouns and technical terms as misspelled that are not.
TIP
In addition to spellchecking, Writer can also offer synonyms from its online thesaurus. Don't type
confused when
obfuscated will baffle more people!
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.
8. Check a Document's Spelling 32 Use AutoCorrect to Improve Your Typing . |
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. |