1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 30e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4a8d6fec8Smseidel * 50e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 60e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 70e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 80e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 90e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 100e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 110e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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For many languages three different dictionaries exist: a spellchecker, a hyphenation dictionary, and a thesaurus. Each dictionary covers one language only. Grammar checkers can be downloaded and installed as extensions. See the <link href="https://extensions.openoffice.org/dictionary">extensions web page</link>.</paragraph> 42a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149828" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="10">The spellcheck starts at the current cursor position, or at the beginning of the text selection.</paragraph> 43a8d6fec8Smseidel<list type="ordered"> 44a8d6fec8Smseidel<listitem> 45a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155859" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="43">Click in the document, or select the text that you want to check.</paragraph> 46a8d6fec8Smseidel</listitem> 47a8d6fec8Smseidel<listitem> 48a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149836" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="44">Choose <emph>Tools - Spelling and Grammar</emph>.</paragraph> 49a8d6fec8Smseidel</listitem> 50a8d6fec8Smseidel<listitem> 51a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156104" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="45">When a possible spelling error is encountered, the <item type="menuitem">Spellcheck</item> dialog opens and $[officename] offers some suggested corrections.</paragraph> 52a8d6fec8Smseidel</listitem> 53a8d6fec8Smseidel<listitem> 54a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149861" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="46">Do one of the following:</paragraph> 55a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145099" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="47">To accept a correction, click the suggestion, and then click <emph>Change</emph>.</paragraph> 56a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156241" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="48">Edit the sentence in the upper text box, and then click <emph>Change</emph>.</paragraph> 57a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155886" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="40">To add the unknown word to a user-defined dictionary, click <emph>Add</emph>.</paragraph> 58a8d6fec8Smseidel</listitem> 59a8d6fec8Smseidel</list> 60a8d6fec8Smseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 61a8d6fec8Smseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/auto_spellcheck.xhp#auto_spellcheck"/> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<comment>removed a line</comment> 63a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147107" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="49"><link href="text/shared/01/06010000.xhp" name="Spellcheck dialog">Spelling and Grammar dialog</link></paragraph> 64a8d6fec8Smseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/using_hyphen.xhp#using_hyphen"/> 65a8d6fec8Smseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/using_thesaurus.xhp#using_thesaurus"/> 66a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9625843" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Adding_More_Languages">Wiki page: Adding more languages</link></paragraph> 67a8d6fec8Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1683706" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Spellchecking_in_More_Languages">Wiki page: Multiple language spellchecking</link></paragraph> 68a8d6fec8Smseidel</section> 69a8d6fec8Smseidel</body> 70d9a97236SMatthias Seidel</helpdocument> 71