Spell Check Dialog Box

The most popular method of checking your spelling still remains the dialog box under the Tools menu. There are also toolbar buttons for the spell check. ( in Word and in WordPerfect) In the spell check, users have the ability to check the spelling of the entire document or a selected piece of text. When an unfamiliar word comes up, the spell check allows the user to ignore that word, change it, or even add it to a user dictionary. Most spell checks these days will also look for double-word errors and punctuation errors related to the spelling of documents. Here is a sample Spell Check dialog box.

Some word processors can even check the grammar of your document.

 

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last modified 6/23/99 PJM