User Guide
To check spelling from the insertion point to the end of the spreadsheet, click to place m
the insertion point and choose Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling. To limit spell checking
to a specic part of the spreadsheet, select the text you want to check before choosing
the command.
The rst misspelled word found is highlighted. You can correct it or choose the same
command again to continue checking the spreadsheet.
To go through the text more quickly, press Command-semicolon (;) to continue
checking the spreadsheet.
To check spelling m and view suggestions for misspelled words, choose Edit > Spelling >
Spelling.
The Spelling window opens, and you can use it as “Working with Spelling
Suggestions” on page 188 describes.
To automatically accept the spelling suggestions, choose Pages > Preferences, click
Auto-Correction, and then select “Automatically use spell checker suggestions”.
Working with Spelling Suggestions
Use the Spelling window to work with alternative spellings.
To work with spelling suggestions:
1 Choose Edit > Spelling > Spelling.
The Spelling window opens and the rst misspelled word is highlighted.
2 Each language has a dierent spelling dictionary. To make sure that the correct
language is selected, select the text you want to work with, click Inspector in the
toolbar, click the Text button, and then click More. Select a language from the
Language pop-up menu.
3 To replace the incorrect spelling in the text, double-click the correct word or spelling in
the list of suggested corrections.
4 If the correct word doesn’t appear in the list of suggested corrections but you know
the correct spelling, select the misspelled word in the Spelling window, type the
correct word, and click Correct.
5 If the current spelling is correct and you want to leave it as it is, click Ignore or Learn.
Use Learn if the term is one you use often and you want to add it to the spelling
dictionary.
If you used Learn and want to undo the eect of the Learn operation, do one of the
following:
On Mac OS X version 10.4, type the word into the text eld below the list of Â
suggested corrections, and then click Forget.
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