Setting the Spell Checker Options

The Author-it built in spell checker has several options that control how and when the spell checking is performed, the number of suggested words displayed, and what Dictionary is used. You may want to change these options depending on how you prefer to work, and on the particular documents you're working on.

To Set the Spell Checker Options

1. From the main menu, choose Tools > Options > Spelling

   The Spelling Options window appears.

   

2. Change the options.
3. Choose OK. The spelling options are saved and the window closes.

Spell check objects on exit

When this option is selected Author-it will automatically perform a spell check on an object when you close it, provided that changes have been made. Author-it checks the spelling in all fields of all objects.

Spell check as I type

When editing the Topic text, description and headings, a red wavy underline is shown under any unknown words. Right-clicking displays a list of suggested words, along with the options to Ignore All or to Add the word to the dictionary.

Maximum suggested words

Alters the maximum number of suggested words in the shortcut menu. The number of words in the suggested words dialog when completing a full spell check is unaffected. The range of maximum number of suggested words is between 1 to 12.

Dictionary

Displays a list of the available dictionaries. These Dictionaries exist in sub-folders of the Dictionaries folder and are copied to the Author-it folder only when selected. Dictionaries may be created from specially formatted word lists using the Author-it Administrator.