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the menu, the selection will replace the misspelled 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 box.
• You can add a word to a dictionary. Click Add in the Spelling and
Grammar dialog box and pick the dictionary to add it to.
• Click the Options button on the Spelling and Grammar dialog box
to open a dialog box 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.
Figure 79: Selecting a word from dictionary using the
Spelling and Grammar dialog box
Writer does not include a grammar checker, but you can install an
extension such as Language Tool and access it from Tools > Spelling
and Grammar. (See Chapter 17 for more about installing extensions.)
Language Tool adds a new menu item and submenu to the Tools menu,
from which you can configure the tool and check or recheck the
document. Figure 80 shows an example of the Language Tool extension
in use.
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