Using The Spelling Dialog Box; Checking Spelling - Adobe PAGEMAKER 6.5 Training Manual

Text Objects and Stories
PageMaker 6.5 Intermediate
Using the The options available in the Spelling dialog box are:
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Spelling
Change to – this field allows you to see the misspelled word,
dialog box
OR if you select one of the replacement spellings, the field will display
the selected replacement.
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Change To or Alternate Spellings – allows you to choose one of the
suggested replacements spelling from the list (if the alternate spelling
checkbox has been checked).
Options:
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Alternate Spellings - allows you to see suggested replacements for
misspelled words.
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Show Duplicates - allows you to detect duplicate words, such as "the
the".
Search Document:
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Current Publication - allows you to specify to search only the current
publication for errors.
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All Publications - allows you to specify to search all open publications
for errors.
Search Story:
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Selected Text - allows you to only search your selected text for errors.
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Current story only - allows you to only search the current opened
story for errors.
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All stories - allows you to search all open stories in the publication.
Buttons:
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Ignore - allows you to ignore unknown words, that you feel are spelled
correctly.
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Replace - allows you to replace misspelled words.
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Add - allows you to add an unknown word to the dictionary
Note: If you choose to check the spelling in all open publications,
PageMaker will automatically search all of the stories in those
publications as well.
Checking •
When PageMaker finds a misspelled, unknown or duplicated word,
spelling
the word is highlighted in the story editor, and also appears in the
Change to field of the Spelling dialog box.
To check the spelling in one or more publications:
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Using the Text or Pointer tool, select the text you would like to check.
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From the main menu, choose Edit > Edit Story
OR press the Ctrl + E key combination.
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Select a range of text to be checked or just place the insertion into the
text to check the entire story.
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From the Story Editor main menu, choose Utilities > Spelling
OR press the Ctrl + L key combination.
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Select any of the Options settings that you would like to use.
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Note: If you deselect the options settings, you will speed-up the spell
checking process.
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Select any of the Search Document options you would like to use.
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Select one of the Search Story options to specify the scope of your
search.
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Click the Start button to begin checking for errors.
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