Spell Check Options (Maintain Global Options)

You can use the Spell Check Options area to specify options that will affect the way that Spell Check operates.

• Check spelling as you type: If you select this option, Spell Check highlights misspelled words in red as you type. When a word is highlighted in red, you can right-click your mouse to bring up a list of suggestions for the misspelled word.
• Check spelling on save or close: When this option is selected, Spell Check automatically reviews your text when you select Save, Close, or Print from windows where Spell Check is available.
• Check spelling as you type: If you select this option, Spell Check highlights misspelled words in red as you type. When a word is highlighted in red, you can right-click your mouse to bring up a list of suggestions for the misspelled word.
• Check spelling on save or close: When this option is selected, Spell Check automatically reviews your text when you select Save, Close, or Print from windows where Spell Check is available.

Determines the speed and accuracy of the initial search for suggested replacements for misspelled words. When a misspelled word is detected, a search is automatically made for suggestions. This option controls the speed and accuracy of this automatic search. Pressing the Suggest button in the Check Spelling window causes an increasingly more accurate (but slower) search for suggestions.

The Running options affect the way that Spell Check searches for misspelled words. For example, you can instruct Spell Check to ignore capitalized words, Internet addresses, and so forth. Following is a list of descriptions of the Running options:

• Ignore Capitalized words: When enabled, any words beginning with a capital letter are ignored (i.e., are skipped over without being checked). You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many proper names.
• Ignore words with mixed case: When enabled, any words containing an unusual mixture of upper- and lower-case letters are ignored (i.e., are skipped without being checked). For example, CapsLock. You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many variable names or other symbols which use case changes to distinguish words.
• Ignore words with numbers: When enabled, any words containing embedded digits are ignored (i.e., are skipped without being checked). For example, backup2011. You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many code words or other symbols containing digits.
• Ignore all UPPERCASE words: When enabled, any words containing all capital letters are ignored (i.e., are skipped without being checked). You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many acronyms.
• Ignore Internet addresses: When enabled, any words that appear to be Internet domain names (such as sage.com) are ignored (i.e., are skipped without being checked).
• Report doubled words: When enabled, any word appearing twice in a row is reported via the Check Spelling window.
• Case sensitive: When enabled, a distinction is made between capitalized and non-capitalized words. For example, canada is considered different from Canada, so canada would be reported as a misspelling. When the option is disabled, canada and Canada are considered identical. Note that the performance of the spelling checker will be reduced if this option is disabled.
• Suggest split words: When enabled, two separate words will be suggested as a replacement for a misspelling containing two joined words. For example, is the would be suggested as a replacement for isthe.
• Auto correct misspelled words: When this option is enabled, words with specified "auto-correct actions" will automatically be changed to their specified replacements. When disabled, you will be prompted before the words are changed.

  Note: Auto-correct actions are set up from the Custom Dictionaries window.

Click the Custom Dictionary button to open the Custom Dictionaries window. From the Custom Dictionaries window you can open and close custom dictionaries, and edit the contents of an open custom dictionary. You can open some or all of your custom dictionary files at any time. Only open dictionaries are searched during a spelling check.

The Custom Dictionaries window allows you to open and close custom dictionaries, and to edit the contents of an open custom dictionary. The contents of dictionaries are saved in disk files. You can open some or all of your custom dictionary files at any time. Only open dictionaries are searched during a spelling check.

This option allows you to set the language of the main dictionary used to check spelling. Choices include American English, British English, and Canadian English. To check spelling in one of the available languages, select the language from the list.