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Ignore the identified word or all occurrences of the word.
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Add the identified word to your personal dictionary.
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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 spell checking.
To use Spelling Setup:
Open the Spelling Setup dialog box. Do one of the following:
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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.
In the Spelling Setup dialog box, select any of the items in the Document Options list to specify
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document-level spell checking options. You can select options to check spelling in specified text
sources in a document, to select the text item during spell checking, and to enable live edit on
the text item during spell checking.
In the Dictionaries scroll list, select one or more dictionaries from the Macromedia dictionaries
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installed with your product. You must select at least one dictionary to enable spell checking.
Under Personal Dictionary, enter a path or click the folder icon and browse to a document that
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you want to use as a personal dictionary.
To add words and phrases to your personal dictionary, click Edit Personal Dictionary. In the
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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.
Select any of the items under Checking Options to specify word-level spell checking options.
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You can select options to ignore specific word or character types, to find duplicate words, to
split contracted or hyphenated words, or to suggest phonetic or typographical matches.
Click OK to save the settings and exit Spelling Setup.
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Using the Check Spelling feature
To check spelling of text in a document, you use the Check Spelling feature, which checks
spelling based on options you select in Spelling Setup. When the spell checker identifies a word
not found in the dictionary or dictionaries, you can choose to change, ignore, or delete the word,
or add it to the personal dictionary.
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