User Guide

Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
Auto correct
Use these options to specify corrections you want Canvas to make as you type.
Correct Two Initial
Capitals
Corrects a word that you type beginning with two capitalized letters.
Capitalize first letter
of sentences
Capitalizes the first letter you type following typical sentence-ending
punctuation, such as periods, question marks, or exclamation points,
even if these marks are followed by a quotation mark or parenthesis.
Canvas may or may not capitalize the first letter following unusual
punctuation, such as Web site addresses or abbreviations in the middle
of sentences, so sentences containing unusual punctuation should be
checked.
Auto Correct does not capitalize the next word if you insert
sentence-ending punctuation in existing text.
Capitalize names of
days
Capitalizes the full name of weekdays; e.g., this option replaces
“saturday” with “Saturday.” It does not expand abbreviations for day
names, such as “wed.” or “Thurs.,” unless you add these abbreviations
to the replacement list.
Correct Accidental
Usage of the Caps
Lock Key (Windows
only)
Corrects non-standard word capitalization. If the first letter of a word is
lowercase and the other letters are uppercase, this changes the first
letter to uppercase and the rest of the letters to lowercase; e.g., this
option replaces “rEPEL” with “Repel.” If the first two letters of a word are
uppercase and the rest are lowercase, this changes the first letter to
uppercase and the rest of the letters to lowercase; e.g., replacing
“REpel” with “Repel”.
Replace Text as You
Type
Replaces text that you type with any specified replacement text. Each set
of typed text and replacement text appears in the scrolling list in the
Auto Correct dialog box (see "Setting up text replacement" on page
621).
Dictionary
Use this option to add an unlimited number of words to the personal dictionary. You can also delete
words. By adding words to the User Dictionary, you can “teach” Canvas new words and special
terms, and prevent Canvas from stopping unnecessarily while checking spelling (see "Modifying the
User Dictionary" on page 628).
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