Using Automatic Spell-Checking

To automatically check a document for spelling mistakes during editing, do the following:

  1. Turn on automatic spell-checking.

    To turn on automatic spell-checking for the current document, do one of the following:

    • Choose Edit > Auto Spell-Check > Enable Auto Spell-Checking .

    • Click the Enable Auto Spell-Checking button on the Status bar.

    Note: Automatic spell-checking can be enabled by default on opening a document.To make automatic spell-checking run by default, choose Tools > Preferences > General Tab and check the Auto Spell-Check checkbox.

    If any spelling mistakes are found, they will be underlined with the wavy red line.

  2. Change the dictionary if needed.

    The default spelling dictionary is English. To check spelling against another dictionary, choose a dictionary from the Edit > Auto Spell-Check menu.

    Note:

    Serna comes with English dictionaries only (default, US, GB, and Canadian). You can add more dictionaries to the list.

  3. Call up the Spell-Check context sub-menu.

    To call up the Spell-Check context sub-menu, right-click the misspelled word and choose the Spell-Check context menu item.

    Figure 1. Spell-Check context sub-menu.



  4. Choose what to do with the misspelled word.

    Do one of the following:

    1. Add the word to the dictionary.

      To add the word to the current dictionary, choose Add.

    2. Ignore all occurrences of the error.

      To ignore all occurrences of the word in the document, choose Ignore All.

    3. Correct the error.
      • To correct the current instance of the word, select any of the suggested variants from the list.

      • To correct all occurrences of the word in the document, choose Correct All and select any of the suggested variants from the list.

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Running Spell-Checking on Request