Spelling Checker
The spelling checker has a dictionary of ~120,000 words.
You can easily add words to the dictionary. The spelling checker can check spelling using British, US or
Canadian spellings. Spell checking works on the main text section in the currently selected Tab.
How To Check Spelling
Select the 'Spelling Checker' option from the 'Tools Menu' or press
CTRL + L or right click with the mouse and pick the 'Tools' ->
'Spelling Checker' option.
This dialog is displayed:
The first misspelling is highlighted. If there are close alternatives to this these are
shown in the list of suggestions. Click on a suggestion to replace the mispelt word.
Changing Words
If a word has been highlighted it can be changed.
In the above diagram the word 'short' has been chosen from the list of alternatives.
Press 'Change' to change a misspelled word to the selected alternative.
Press 'Change All' to change all instances of a misspelled word to the selected alternative.
Ignoring Words
To ignore misspelled words press the 'Ignore' or 'Ignore All' buttons.
Adding Words
To add the highlighted word to your dictionary click the 'Add' button.
Selecting a New Spell Check Dictionary
[1] Select Settings -> Tool Settings -> Set Main dictionary
[2] Select one of the available dictionaries. (UK, US or Canadian).
The new dictionary will now be used as the main dictionary.
Adding a New Spell Check Dictionary
You can use any dictionary with the spelling checker.
The dictionary must be plain text and have one word per line in alphabetical order. These are often called 'word lists'
E.g.
apple
apricot
book
...
zygote
A good place to find free dictionaries is:
sourceforge
The biggest problem is finding a suitable word list. E.g. for French
most dictionaries are translation dictionaries. These are not suitable unless you spend some time reformatting
them.
To use the dictionary
[1] Place it in your install folder in the 'dictionary' directory.
E.g. 'c:/writeitnow4/dictionary'
[2] Rename it so it ends with '.dict'. E.g. 'french.dict'
[3] Run WriteItNow
[4] Select Settings -> Tool Settings -> Set Main dictionary
Select the new word list you have saved.
The new dictionary will now be used as the main dictionary.
