Select Spell Checker Options

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Ignore capitalized words

Ignore any words beginning with a capital letter, such as 'David'.

You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many proper names.

Ignore all-caps words

Ignore any words containing all capital letters, such as RADAR.

You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many acronyms.

Ignore Words with Numbers

Ignore any words containing embedded digits, such as 'Win95' and 'Q4'.

You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many code words or other symbols containing digits.

Ignore Words with Mixed Case

Ignore any words containing an unusual mixture of upper- and lower-case letters, such as 'MicroHouse' and 'CapsLock'.

You might enable this option if the text being checked contains many variable names or other symbols that use changes in letter-case to distinguish words.

Ignore Domain Names

Ignore any words that appear to be Internet domain names, such as wintertree-software.com.

Report Doubled Words

Detect any word appearing twice in a row, such as 'the the'.

Case Sensitive

Distinguish between capitalized and non-capitalized words.

For example, canada would be considered as different from Canada, and therefore reported as a misspelling.

When the option is disabled, canada and Canada are considered  to be identical.

Note that the performance of the spell checker is reduced if this option is disabled.

Phonetic Suggestions

Suggest alternative words based on phonetic (sounds-like) similarity to the misspelled word; this option tends to improve the correction of badly misspelled words.

Enabling this option increases the time required to locate suggestions.

Note that either this option or the 'Typographical Suggestions' option must be enabled in order to list suggestions of alternative words.

Typographical Suggestions

Suggest alternative words based on typographical (looks-like) similarity to the misspelled word. This option is appropriate for people who are generally good spellers.

Note that either this option or the 'Phonetic Suggestions' option must be enabled in order to list suggestions of alternative words.

Suggest Split Words

Suggest two separate words as a replacement for a misspelling containing two joined words.

For example, is the would be suggested as a replacement for isthe.

Auto Correct

Automatically change words marked with Auto Change actions to their specified replacements.

When this option is disabled, a confirmation prompt displays before the words are changed.

Main Dictionary Language

Set the language of the main dictionary used to check spelling; the drop-down list shows only languages for which dictionaries are installed on your system.

To check spelling in a different language, select the language in the list.

Suggestions

Determine the speed and accuracy of the initial automatic search for suggested replacements for misspelled words.

Click on the appropriate radio button for your choice.

OK

Close the 'Preferences' dialog, and save any changes made to the settings.

Cancel

Close the ''Preferences' dialog, and discard any changes made to the settings.