User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Showing and hiding unrecognized words
Canvas marks words that it can’t find in either the Canvas Dictionary or the User Dictionary with a red
wavy underline. Canvas can check spelling while you type or after you finish entering text.
When Show Spelling Errors is active, Canvas checks the spelling of a word after you type it and press
the Spacebar, tab, or deselect the text object. Canvas marks an unrecognized word with a red wavy
underline.
To mark unrecognized words:
Choose Layout | Display | Show Spelling Errors.
To not mark unrecognized words:
Choose Layout | Display | Hide Spelling Errors.
Using the spelling pop-up menu
While using the Text tool to edit text, you can choose suggested replacements for words marked as
unrecognized.
The spelling pop-up menu lets you choose replacement words. You can also use the menu to add
unrecognized words to the User Dictionary.
To use the spelling pop-up menu:
With a text object in edit mode, point to a word that Canvas has marked as unrecognized. Right-
click the word to open the spelling menu.
To replace an unrecognized word with a suggested word:
Choose the suggested word in the menu.
When you choose a replacement word in the Spelling menu, Canvas adds the unrecognized word
and the replacement word to the Auto Correct manager. The unrecognized word appears in the
Replace text box and the suggested word appears in the With text box (see "Checking the spelling
of text" on page 625).
Add Word: To add an unrecognized word to the User Dictionary, choose Add Word. After
you choose Add Word, Canvas adds the word to the User Dictionary and will recognize any
future use of the word.
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