Check spelling in a page or web site

Do one or more of the following:

Check spelling on a page

1. Open the page whose spelling you want to check.
2. In Page view, click Spelling .

   If an unrecognized word is found, the Spelling dialog box opens and displays the word in the Not in Dictionary box.

3. Do one of the following:
   • To replace the misspelled word with a word from the Suggestions list, click the suggested word, and then click Change. Click Change All to correct all instances of this word.
   • To correct the word yourself, type the correct word in the Change To box, and then click Change. Click Change All to correct all instances of this word.
   • If the unrecognized word is correctly spelled, click Ignore to ignore this instance of the word, or click Ignore All to ignore all instances of this word. Click Add to add the word to your custom dictionary.
   Microsoft FrontPage displays the next misspelled word.

Note   If you click Cancel, any changes that have already been made will not be undone.

Check spelling in a web site

To correct misspelled words in a web site, you can either add a task for each page in which Microsoft FrontPage finds misspelled words and correct them later, or you can correct the spelling immediately.

1. Switch to Folders view.

   How?

   On the View menu, click Folders.
2. If you do not want to check spelling in each page in the web site, select only the pages you want to check.

   How?

   To select multiple, non-sequential pages, click the name of the first page you want to select, and then hold down CTRL while clicking the name of all the other pages you want to select.
3. Click Spelling .
4. Do one of the following:
   • To check spelling in all pages in the current web site, click Entire web.
   • To check spelling in pages you have selected, click Selected pages.
   • If you want FrontPage to add a task for each page with misspelled words, select the Add a task for each page with misspellings box.
5. Click Start.
6. When FrontPage lists the pages with misspelled words, do one of the following:

   Correct misspellings in the task view later

   1. If you chose to create tasks for pages with misspelled words, the tasks are added to the task list. To correct the misspellings later, click Cancel.

   2. When you are ready to correct misspellings, switch to Tasks view, double-click a task labeled Fix misspelled words, and then click Start Task.
   3. FrontPage opens the page in Page view and prompts you to correct the misspelled words.

   Correct the misspellings now

   1. To correct the misspellings, double-click a page from the list. FrontPage opens the page in Page view and prompts you to correct the misspelled words.

   2. When you have reviewed all occurrences of the text in the page, you are prompted to save and close the page, and continue to the next page in which a misspelling was found.

Check spelling automatically as you type

1. On the Tools menu, click Page Options.
2. On the General tab, select the Check spelling as you type check box.
3. If you don't want misspelled words to be underlined with a wavy red line, select the Hide spelling errors in all documents check box. To show spelling errors, clear this check box.

Tip

To quickly change a misspelled word that has a wavy red line under it, right-click the word, and then click the correct spelling or Ignore. Click Add to add it to the custom dictionary.

Note   Microsoft FrontPage checks spelling only for text elements that can be edited in Page view with the Normal button selected. For example, if you add a component such as a hover button, or if you specify a page title in the page properties, spelling in these elements will not be checked.