U.M. (Mac OS)

1-14 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
2. Choose Spelling from the Edit menu, and then:
3. In the Spelling dialog box, make any changes.
To check the spelling of Choose
A selected word or passage Check Selection
Text in the current record Check Record
Field names and text on the current layout (you
must be in Layout mode)
Check Layout
The set of records most recently found or browsed Check All
To Do this when you see a questionable word
Replace a misspelled
word with one in the
dictionary
Select a word from the list of suggestions, and then click
Replace. (You can’t change a misspelled word in a restricted or
password-protected file or field. In that case, click Next.)
Revise a misspelled
word that’s not in the
dictionaries by typing in
your own
For Word, retype the word. (Or use standard text-editing
methods to replace only the portion to change.) Then click
Check. When the word is spelled as you want, click Replace.
(You can’t change a misspelled word in a restricted or
password-protected file or field. In that case, click Next.)
Skip a word Click Skip. (FileMaker Pro skips every occurrence of the
word.)
Add a word to the user
dictionary
Click Learn. (To add, remove, and change words in your user
dictionary, see “Editing a spelling dictionary” on page 1-17.)
Suggestions for
replacement
Revise the word if the correct
word isn’t in the list
Click to see the questionable
word in context
Word with questionable
spelling