Manual

Polishing & Managing Documents 169
Correct your spelling using the keyboard and without calling up the
Spelling window
You can correct your spelling without removing your hands from the keyboard.
1. Type A 4 ;.
This selects the next misspelled word and draws a “menuoid” with possible corrections.
Figure 156
The correct spelling menuoid
2. Press , or . to replace the misspelled word with the selected word in the list or - to select
another word from the list, then press , or . to use that word.
☞
If the spelling checker has only one suggestion it will replace the word immediately (without offering a
menu).
Correct your spelling using the mouse and without calling up the
Spelling window
1. Press 6 and click the misspelled word.
If the Apple system-wide dictionary recognizes the word as related to one in its database, a
number of possibilities will appear in a contextual menu. In addition, if you have the Language
palette open, the dictionary will display the same words if your insertion point pauses in or
immediately beside the word.
2. Choose the word that matches your choice from the list that appears.
If the word is correctly spelled, you can have the dictionary “Learn” the word or “Ignore” it
during this session. Choose Ignore Word or Learn Word from the contextual menu.