U.M. (Windows)

1-16 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Selecting a spelling dictionary
Before you can check spelling, select the spelling dictionaries to use. (If the
dictionaries you want to use are already selected, you don’t need to reselect them.)
Select dictionaries when:
1 your spelling dictionaries are in a place other than the FileMaker Pro folder
or the Claris folder (usually Program Files\Claris Corp\Claris)
1 you want to make more than one spell-checking pass through a file using
different dictionaries (for example, dictionaries of different languages)
1 you want to switch to a different dictionary (like one that contains special
terms) after checking with the dictionary currently selected
To select, ignore, or create a spelling dictionary:
1. Choose Spelling from the Edit menu, and then choose Select Dictionaries.
2. In the Select Dictionaries dialog box, choose an option.
To Do this
Select or switch a
dictionary
For Files of type, choose Main Dictionary or User Dictionary. If needed,
locate the correct folder. Then double-click the dictionary name.
Ignore your user dictionary For Files of type, choose User Dictionary, and then click None.
Create a user dictionary For Files of type, choose User Dictionary. For File Name, type a unique,
distinguishing name for the new user dictionary, followed by the
extension .UPR, and then click New.