User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
Ignore Word: To ignore the spelling of the unrecognized word, click Ignore Word. If you
choose Ignore Word, Canvas will ignore the word in any document until you quit Canvas.
Cancel: To close the spelling menu without making any changes, choose Cancel or click
outside the menu.
Spell checking a selection or document
Check the spelling of selected text, a selected text object, and an entire document using commands
in the Spell Checker menu.
To limit the spell checking to specific text or text object:
Select the text or text object.
To spell check an entire document:
You don’t have to select anything.
To begin spell checking:
1. Choose Text | Spell Checker | Spell Check Selection (if you selected text or a text object), or
Text | Spell Checker | Spell Check Document.
If Canvas finds an unrecognized word, the Spelling Checker dialog box appears (see "Spelling
Checker" on page 627). Canvas displays a message when the spell check is complete.
2. Click OK to close the message box.
Canvas deselects any selected objects (but not text) when you use the Spell Check Selection
or Spell Check Document commands.
Spelling Checker
The Spelling Checker dialog box appears during spell checking of a selection or document if Canvas
finds a word that isn’t in its dictionaries.
Word Canvas displays unrecognized words in context. You cannot edit the text
in this box.
Text box Type a new spelling in this text box or click the down-arrow to choose
from the list of suggested spellings.
The highlighted word in this box is the unrecognized word.
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