Spelling Options

These options allow you to customize the Author-it built-in spelling checker.

Spell Check Topics on Exit

When this option is selected, Author-it automatically performs a spelling check on the topic when it is closed, provided that changes have been made.

Spell Check As I Type

When this option is checked, Author-it checks your spelling as you are typing content.

When editing the topic text, description and headings, any unknown words are identified with a red wavy underline. Right-clicking the word displays a shortcut menu with a list of possible alternatives (if any are found in the dictionary). The menu also includes options to Ignore All instances of the word, or to Add the underlined word to the dictionary.

Maximum Suggested Words

Controls the maximum number of suggested words in the shortcut menu. The range of maximum number of suggested words is between 1 to 10.

Note: This setting does not affect the number of suggested words when a full spell check is completed.

Dictionary

Displays a list of available dictionaries. The dictionaries are located in subfolders in the Dictionaries folder. Dictionaries may be created from specially formatted word lists using the Author-it Administrator.