Checking Spelling

TextEdit includes a spelling checker that you can use to manually or automatically check spelling in your document.

To manually check spelling

1.	Choose Edit > Spelling > Spelling (Figure 51) or press to display the Spelling dialog and start the spelling check. Figure 51. Use commands on the Spelling submenu to check spelling in your document. TextEdit selects and underlines the first possible misspelled word it finds. The word appears in a field in the Spelling dialog and any suggested corrections appear in the Guess list (Figure 52). Figure 52. Use the Spelling dialog to resolve possible misspelled words.
2.	You have several options: To replace the word with a guess, select the replacement word and click Correct. To enter a new spelling for the word, enter it in the box where the incorrect spelling appears and click Correct. To ignore the word, click Ignore. To skip the word and continue checking, click Find Next. To add the word to TextEdit's dictionary, click Learn. TextEdit will never stop at that word again in any document.
3.	Repeat step 2 for each word that TextEdit identifies as a possible misspelling.
4.	When you're finished checking spelling, click the Spelling dialog's close button to dismiss it.

Tip

• You can use the Forget button in the Spelling dialog (Figure 51) to remove a word that you previously added to the dictionary. Select the Word in the Guess list, then click the Forget button. The word is removed.

To check spelling as you type

1.

Choose Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling As You Type (Figure 51). As you enter text into the document, TextEdit checks the spelling of each word. It places a dashed red underline under each word that isn't in its dictionary. (Figure 53). Figure 53. With automatic spelling check enabled, Text-Edit underlines possible misspelled words as you type.

2.

Manually correct a misspelled word using standard text editing techniques covered near the beginning of this chapter. or Hold down and click a misspelled word. Then choose a correct spelling from the contextual menu that appears (Figure 54). The misspelled word is replaced with the word you chose. Figure 54. You can display a contextual menu that lists corrections and other options for an unknown word.

Tips

• The Check Spelling As You Type option in TextEdit may automatically be enabled. To disable it, choose Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling As You Type.

• If you display a contextual menu as instructed in step 2 (Figure 54), you can also use the Ignore Spelling or Learn Spelling commands to ignore the underlined word or add it to the dictionary.