Handling misspelled words

When you're creating new records, FileMaker can help reduce errors by highlighting words that may be misspelled. FileMaker also offers options for changing questionably spelled words without running a spell check on the entire database.

To highlight misspelled words

1.	Within FileMaker, choose File > File Options (Figure 6.17). Figure 6.17. To set a FileMaker database to highlight misspelled words, choose File > File Options.
2.	When the File Options dialog box appears, click the Spelling tab (Figure 6.18). If you want FileMaker to simply underline questionable words in red, select the checkbox. If you want a more obvious warning, select Beep on questionable spellings or (in Windows) Flash menubar on questionable spellings. Figure 6.18. To simply underline questionable words in red, select the checkbox. If you want a more obvious warning, select Beep on questionable spellings or (bottom in Windows) Flash menubar on questionable spellings.
3.	Click OK to apply the setting and close the dialog box.

To correct highlighted words

1.	When FileMaker highlights a word as misspelled, right-click (Windows) or -click (Mac) the word (Figure 6.19). Figure 6.19. To correct a highlighted word, right-click (Windows) or -click (Mac) the word, choose Suggested Spellings, and make a choice in the sub-menu.
2.	When the drop-down menu appears, choose Suggested Spellings and then either pick a suggestion or choose Ignore All or Learn Spelling. Release the cursor and the choice will be applied.