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Figure 73: Selecting a default tab stop interval
You can also set or change the measurement unit for rulers in the current document by right-
clicking on the ruler to open a list of units. Click on one of them to change the ruler to that unit. The
selected setting applies only to that ruler.
Figure 74: Changing the measurement unit for a ruler
Checking spelling and grammar
Writer provides a spelling checker, which can be used in two ways.
AutoSpellcheck checks each word as it is typed and displays a wavy red line under any
unrecognised words. When the word is corrected, the line disappears.
To perform a combined spelling and grammar check on the document (or a text selection)
click the Spelling and Grammar button. This checks the document or selection and opens
the Spelling and Grammar dialog if any unrecognized words are found. In order to use this,
the appropriate dictionaries must be installed. By default, four dictionaries are installed: a
spellchecker, a grammar checker, a hyphenation dictionary, and a thesaurus.
Here are some more features of the spelling checker:
• You can right-click on a word with a wavy underline to open a context menu. If you select
from the suggested words on the menu, the selection will replace the unrecognised word in
your text. Other menu options are discussed below.
• You can change the dictionary language (for example, Spanish, French or German) on the
Spelling and Grammar dialog.
• You can add a word to the dictionary. Click Add in the Spelling and Grammar dialog and
pick the dictionary to add it to.
• Click the Options button on the Spelling and Grammar dialog to open a dialog similar to
the one in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids described in Chapter 2.
There you can choose whether to check uppercase words and words with numbers, and
you can manage custom dictionaries, that is, add or delete dictionaries and add or delete
words in a dictionary.
• On the Font tab of the Paragraph Styles dialog, you can set paragraphs to be checked in a
specific language (different from the rest of the document). See Chapter 7, Working with
Styles, in the Writer Guide for more information.
See Writer Guide, Chapter 3 for a detailed explanation of the spelling and grammar checking
facility.
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