User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
To set up automatic correction:
1. Choose Text | Spell Checker | Auto Correct.
2. In the Auto Correct manager, select the replacement options to use.
3. Click OK to implement the current settings.
Setting up text replacement
Specify abbreviations, common misspellings, and other text that you want Canvas to replace as you
type.
Use this feature to expand abbreviations for common phrases and long names that you type
throughout a document: e.g., if you often type “Department of Agriculture,” you can specify that the
abbreviation “DA” be replaced by the full name.
To set up text replacement:
1. Choose Text | Spell Checker | Auto Correct. In the Auto Correct manager, be sure Replace
Text as You Type is selected.
2. In the Replace box, type text that you want to be replaced. In the With box, type the
replacement text. Click Add to place the text in the scrolling list.
3. Repeat this procedure to specify more automatic replacements. Add as many items to the
scrolling list as you want. When you finish, click OK.
Auto Correct does not remove specified text from a document if you type nothing in the With
box. Also, Auto Correct won’t replace spaces with more or fewer spaces (such as replacing
two spaces with one space); however, you can use the Text tab in the Find palette to find
and replace spaces.
To remove replacement entries:
Select the entry in the scrolling list and click Delete.
Automatic spelling correction
When you use the Spelling menu ("To use the spelling pop-up menu:" on page 626) to correct a
misspelling, Canvas adds the item to the Auto Correction list. The misspelled word appears under
Replace and the correction appears under With. If you make the same spelling mistake again and
“Replace Text as You Type” is selected in the Auto Correct manager, Canvas corrects the error. If
“Replace Text as You Type” is not selected, Canvas won’t make these automatic corrections.
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