Spelling Options dialog box

Controls specific configuration options related to the spell checker.

Options

Check spelling as you type checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to check the spelling as you type and underline in red incorrectly spelled words.

Correct spelling errors as you type checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to automatically correct words you type that are in the auto-correct dictionary.

Ignore words in UPPERCASE checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any words completely in uppercase. This can be useful for ignoring abbreviations.

Ignore words containing numbers checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any words that may contain one or more numeric characters. This can be useful for ignoring license plates and other partially numeric words. This can also be somewhat detrimental if a numeric key was pressed instead of a character by mistake.

Ignore markup languages checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any HTML, XML, etc tags encountered (i.e. text between opening and closing angle brackets).

Ignore internet addresses checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any internet addresses found in the document.

Ignore quoted lines checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any text within quotes.

Ignore abbreviations checkbox

When checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any abbreviations.

Suggest from main dictionaries only checkbox

When checked, forces all suggestions to be constructed from the primary dictionary only. If the option is not checked, then suggestions are generated from each main dictionary. The primary dictionary is the first dictionary in the main dictionaries list.

Prompt on repeated word checkbox

When checked, forces the spell checker to prompt you when it encounters a repeated word.

Dictionaries

These are the dictionaries you want to use to spell check.

Name

Name associated with the dictionary.

Filename

Name of the spell checking dictionary.

Locate Dictionaries link

Select the folder where your dictionary files are located (default is the folder where the application is installed).

Custom Dictionary dropdown list

This is where words you add are stored, as well as the words you specify for auto-correct.

Dictionaries... button

Click this to select, add, remove or edit your custom dictionaries. See Spell Checking Dictionaries.

Reset Defaults button

Resets all user settings to the default.

OK button

Saves the current configuration and closes the configuration window.