MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual page 175

Create a personal dictionary with words and phrases you add yourself.
Select checking options to specify ways to handle specific word and character types, such
as nonalphabetic words or Internet addresses, when checking spelling.
When the Check Spelling feature identifies a word not found in the specified dictionary or
dictionaries, you can select how to handle the word:
Change the identified word or all occurrences of the word.
Select a suggested word to use in changing the identified word.
Ignore the identified word or all occurrences of the word.
Add the identified word to your personal dictionary.
Delete the identified word.
Using Spelling Setup
You use the Spelling Setup dialog box to specify options for the Check Spelling feature. Before
you check spelling the first time, you must specify spelling options in the Spelling Setup
dialog box to initialize the Check Spelling feature. After you initialize Check Spelling, you can
use the Spelling Setup dialog box to change options for checking spelling.
To use Spelling Setup:
1.
Open the Spelling Setup dialog box. Do one of the following:
Select Text > Spelling Setup. (Use this option if you have not initialized the Check
Spelling feature before.)
In the Check Spelling dialog box (Text > Check Spelling), click the Setup button.
2. In the Spelling Setup dialog box, select any of the items in the Document Options list to
specify document-level spelling checking options. You can select options to check spelling
in specified text sources in a document, to select the text item during spelling checking, and
to enable live edit on the text item during spelling checking.
3.
In the Dictionaries scroll list, select one or more dictionaries from the Macromedia
dictionaries installed with your product. You must select at least one dictionary to enable
spelling checking.
4.
Under Personal Dictionary, enter a path or click the folder icon and browse to a document
that you want to use as a personal dictionary.
5. To add words and phrases to your personal dictionary, click Edit Personal Dictionary. In
the Personal Dictionary dialog box, enter each new item on a separate line in the text field.
Click OK to save the items and close the dialog box.
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