Spell

Option

Description

Where to check

Checks text in:

• Entire drawing - checks all text in the drawing except text on frozen layers.

• Selected entities - checks selected text; click the Select Entities button to choose text.

 Select entities

Selects the text to be checked; prompts you:

Select entities - choose one or more pieces of text; press Enter to return to the dialog box.

Start

Starts spell checking.

Suggestions

Lists the suggested replacements for misspelled words.

Choose one, and then click Change or Change All.

Ignore

Ignores the spelling of the word.

Ignore All

Ignores all instances of the word.

Change

Changes the word to the one selected from the Suggestions list.

Change All

Changes all instances of the word to the one selected from the Suggestions list.

Add

Adds the word to the word list.

Lookup

Provides additional alternative spellings for the word selected in the Suggestions list.

Change Dictionaries

Changes the dictionary used for spell checking; displays the Change Dictionaries dialog box.

Change Dictionaries

Description

Main Dictionary

Specifies the dictionary to use for spell checking. To change dictionaries:

1. Click the droplist.

2. Choose another dictionary.

Download

Accesses additional dictionaries from the OpenOffice.org Wiki. Opens the Web browser at wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries.

Custom dictionary

Specifies the name of a custom dictionary. Custom dictionaries are used for discipline-specific words, such as medical or mechanical.

Browse

Selects a CUS custom dictionary file. Opens the Select Custom Dictionary dialog box:

1. Choose a CUS file.

2. Click Open.

Custom dictionary words

Enters words to be stored in the custom dictionary.

Add

Adds the word to the custom dictionary. Words are also added when Add is clicked Spell Checking dialog box.

Delete

Removes the word from the custom dictionary.