Contents of the Options Dialog Box

Use the fields and options to configure the Check Spelling Options dialog box.

Contents

Field Description
Ignore Capitalized Words

When you enable this option, the spell check feature ignores (that is, skips without checking) any words that begin with a capital letter. You could enable this option, for example, if the text you are checking contains many proper names.

Ignore All-Caps Words

When you enable this option, the spell check feature ignores (that is, skips without checking) any words that contain all capital letters. You could enable this option, for example, if the text you are checking contains many acronyms.

Ignore Words with Numbers

When you enable this option, the spell check feature ignores (that is, skips without checking) any words that contain embedded digits. Examples of such words include "Win95" and "Q4." You could enable this option, for example, if the text you are checking contains many code words or other symbols that contain digits.

Ignore Words with Mixed Case

When you enable this option, the spell check feature ignores (that is, skips without checking) any words that contain an unusual mixture of upper- and lower-case letters. Examples of such words include "MicroHouse" and "CapsLock." You could enable this option, for example, if the text you care checking contains many variable names or other symbols that use case changes to distinguish words.

Ignore Domain Names

When you enable this option, the spell check feature ignores (that is, skips without checking) any words that appear to be Internet domain names (for example, "wintertree-software.com").

Report Doubled Words

When you enable this option, any word appearing twice in a row is reported via the Check Spelling dialog box.

Case Sensitive

When you enable this option, a distinction is made between capitalized and non-capitalized words. For example, "canada" is considered to be different from "Canada." So, "canada" would be reported as a misspelling. When you disable this option, "canada" and "Canada" are considered identical. Note that disabling this option reduces the performance of the spell checker.

Phonetic Suggestions

When you enable this option, suggestions are made based on phonetic (sounds-like) similarity to the misspelled word. This option tends to improve suggestions for badly misspelled words. Enabling this option will increase the time required to locate suggestions. Note that you must enable either this option or the Typographical Suggestions option for suggestions to be offered.

Typographical Suggestions

When you enable this option, suggestions are made based on typographical (looks-like) similarity to the misspelled word. This option is appropriate for people who are generally good spellers. Note that you must enable either this option or the Phonetic Suggestions option for suggestions to be offered.

Suggest Split Words

When you enable this option, two separate words will be suggested as a replacement for a misspelling that contains two joined words. For example, "is the" would be suggested as a replacement for "isthe."

Auto Correct

When you enable this option, words marked with Auto Change actions will automatically be changed to their specified replacements. When you disable this option, you will be prompted before the words are changed.

Suggestions

This option determines the speed and accuracy of the initial search for suggested replacements for misspelled words. When a misspelled word is detected, a search is automatically made for suggestions. This option controls the speed and accuracy of this automatic search. Click Suggest in the Check Spelling dialog box to perform an increasingly more accurate (but slower) search for suggestions.

OK

Click to close the Options dialog box and save any changes made to the option settings.

Cancel

Click to close the Options dialog box and discard any changes made to the option settings.