Check a publication for misspellings

Check a publication for misspellings

1. Click the text box or table frame that you want to check.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Spelling, and then click Spelling.
3. In the Check Spelling dialog box, click the option you want for each word that appears in the Not in dictionary box.

   You can leave the spelling of the word as it is, change it, or add the word to the dictionary so that Microsoft Publisher ignores when you use the Spelling feature again. You can ignore or delete repeated words.

4. To check the spelling in every text box and table frame in the current publication, select the Check all stories box.
5. To stop the spelling checker before it has finished, click Close.

Note   Publisher can check for misspelled or repeated words in text boxes and table frames, but cannot check Mail Merge fieldsor OfficeArt. For form controls, Publisher can check text in option button and check box labels but cannot check the default text for command buttons, text boxes, or list boxes.

Select Spelling options

1. Click the text box or table frame you want to check.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Spelling, and then click Spelling Options.
3. Make sure that any of the spelling options you want are selected.
4. Click OK.

Omit words when using the Spelling feature

If your document contains words in another language, you might want to skip those words when you check spelling.

1. Select the text you want to skip.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, then click Set Language.
3. In the Mark selected text as list, click (no proofing).
4. Click OK.

Automatically check spelling as you type

• On the Tools menu, point to Spelling, and then click Show Spelling Errors.

  Wavy red underlines in your text indicate possible spelling errors. To correct an error, right-click a word that has a wavy red underline, and then click the option you want on the shortcut menu.