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About
Cetus CNotePad Text Editor is an enhanced replacement for the Windows 95 Notepad application that is provided with the Windows 95 operating system. CNotePad provides the basic functionality of Notepad, but also features a multiple document interface, a spell checking function, and a more complete Help file.

Note: CNotePad is a 32-bit application, for use specifically with Windows 95. For those users who are not (yet) using a 32-bit Windows operating system, Cetus Software also distributes NotePad3, essentially the same program but for 16-bit Windows 3.x.

If you have questions about CNotePad, if you have any suggestions for improvements for CNotePad, or if you would like information about our other freeware and shareware software products, please contact us at:

     Cetus Software Inc.
     Post Office Box 700
     Carver, MA 02330 USA
     Email: users@cetussoft.com

Please feel free to visit our Web site at http://www.cetussoft.com, where you may download free copies of the latest versions of all of our programs.

Cetus Software hopes you will be pleased with CNotePad.

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Cetus Freeware
The following freeware programs are being distributed by Cetus Software:

•	Cetus CNotePad Text Editor is an enhanced replacement for the Windows 95 Notepad application that is provided with the Windows 95 operating system. CNotePad provides the basic functionality of Notepad, but also features a multiple document interface, a spell checking function, and a more complete Help file. (CNotePad is a 32-bit application, for use with Windows 95. Cetus Software also distributes NotePad3, essentially the same program but for 16-bit Windows 3.x.)

•	Cetus CWordPad Word Processor is an enhanced implementation of the Windows 95 WordPad application that is provided as an accessory with the Windows 95 operating system. CWordPad provides all the functionality of WordPad, plus it also features a spell checking function and a more complete Help file.

•	Cetus FloppyWord Word Processor is a floppy-only implementation of the Windows 95 WordPad application that is provided as an accessory with the Windows 95 operating system. FloppyWord provides all of the functionality of WordPad, as well as a spell checking function and a more complete Help file, but is restricted to use with document files on either the A: or B: drive.

•	FloppyWord will not open files from a hard drive, nor will it save files to a hard drive. FloppyWord is intended to be used as a restrictive replacement for a "normal" word processor (such as WordPad), whenever it is desired to restrict guest users of a Windows 95 PC from opening files from, or saving files to, a hard drive.

•	FloppyWord is being provided for any Windows 95 user who, for security reasons, has a need for its restrictive functionality. We at Cetus Software (creator of Windows security software products) have found that system administrators at many institutions, particularly schools, have expressed a need for a product such as FloppyWord, to allow the use of a word processor that does not read from or write to a PC's hard drive. Because of this, FloppyWord is being provided as freeware by Cetus Software.

•	Cetus NotePad3 Text Editor is an enhanced replacement for the Windows Notepad application that is provided with the Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups 3.x operating systems. NotePad3 provides all the basic functionality of Notepad, but it also features a multiple document interface, a spell checking function, and a more complete Help file. (NotePad3 is a 16-bit application, for use with Windows 3.x. For those users who are running Windows 95, Cetus Software also distributes CNotePad, essentially the same program in appearance and function, but designed as a  32-bit application.)

Cetus Software hopes you will try, and will be pleased with, our products.

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Contacting Cetus Software
If you have questions about CNotePad, if you have any suggestions for improvements for CNotePad, or if you would like information about our other freeware and shareware software products, please contact us at:

     Cetus Software Inc.
     Post Office Box 700
     Carver, MA 02330 USA
     Email: users@cetussoft.com

Please feel free to visit our Web site at http://www.cetussoft.com, where you may download free copies of the latest versions of all of our programs.

Cetus Software hopes you will be try, and be pleased with, our products.

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Cetus Shareware
The following shareware programs are being distributed by Cetus Software:

•	StormWindows for Windows 95 will allow the authorized user to add several types and degrees of protections to the desktop and system of a Windows 95 computer. Intelligent use of StormWindows security measures will allow secure use of any shared Windows 95 computer.

•	StormWindows desktop protections include: hiding all desktop icons; preventing the saving of desktop changes; hiding all drives in "My Computer"; hiding the Start Menu Subfolders, Settings, and/or Taskbar; and hiding the entire "Network Neighborhood", or just "Entire Network" or "Workgroup Contents" in it.

•	StormWindows system protections include: disabling the MS-DOS prompt and/or the running of MS-DOS applications; blocking the running of Registration Editor and/or System Policy Editor; preventing the merging of .REG files into the Registry; preventing the addition or deletion of printers; and individually hiding "sensitive" Control Panel pages and settings.

•	StormWindows protections would probably be most useful to someone in charge of a number of computers at a school or business, a network manager, or a parent. Access to the program is password protected.

•	ProGuard V.2.2 password-protects Windows 3.1x icons, making it impossible for guest users to run selected programs simply by double-clicking on their icons in Program Manager. ProGuard can also prevent guest users from creating, modifying, copying, moving, or deleting Program Manager icons, or from using the New, Move, Copy, Delete, and Run commands in Program Manager's File Menu.

•	WinGuard V.2.4 is a Windows 3.1x program that offers considerable global security for the Program Manager desktop. Perhaps the best description of WinGuard was provided by John Hedtke in a review in "Mobile Office" Magazine:

•	"Other than using the Windows screen saver to restrict access to Windows completely, the big security issues for Windows users are freezing your desktop configuration and restricting access to specific program groups. WinGuard from Cetus Software can take care of both problems."

•	"I like WinGuard's screen layout. The toolbar at the top of the screen is convenient for quick access to system features. When you move the pointer over the buttons, you get help at the bottom of the screen. The help file is quite professional and complete."

•	"WinGuard provides seven levels of protection. At the lowest, no rearrangement of the Program Manager will be saved. At increasingly higher levels, users can't change program groups, program items, command lines, or item properties. At the highest two security levels, users can't start a program with the Run line, and the File menu is removed entirely from Program Manager."

•	"You can't hide specific icons (except for parts of the Control Panel), but you can hide program groups. You can use this feature along with the protection levels to lock Windows up pretty tightly. For example, you can use WinGuard to lock out the File Run menu and then lock out access to the DOS and File Manager icons by hiding the Main program group. Guest users won't be able to run any program they can't see an icon for."

•	"You need to restart Windows to enable the changes you've made. Making subsequent changes isn't difficult: run WinGuard again, give it your password, and blaze away. (The default password is "shield" but you should change this to something else.)"

Cetus Software hopes you will try, and will be pleased with, our products.

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Menu and Button Commands

File Functions

Edit Functions

Spelling Functions

View Functions

Window Functions

Help Functions

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File Functions

New

Open...

Close

Save

Save As...

Print...

Print Preview

Page Setup...

Print Setup...

Recently Used Files

Make Default .TXT Editor

Exit

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File New
Creates a new document.

Since CNotePad is a Multiple Display Interface (MIDI) application, selecting File New will place the new document window above any other document window currently in view, and will not replace it.

To quickly create a new document, click the New button on the toolbar.

(To open an existing document, use the File Open command.)

See also:

File Open...


File Open
Opens an existing document.

(Exactly like Notepad, CNotePad cannot open a file much larger than approximately 60 KB.)

To quickly open an existing document, click the Open button on the toolbar.

CNotePad keeps track of the documents you last worked on. You can quickly open one of them by selecting it from the File menu.

(To create a new document, use the File New command.)

See also:

File Recently Used Files

File New

Making CNotePad the Default Text Editor


File Recently Used Files

CNotePad keeps track of the documents you last worked on. You can quickly open one of them by selecting it from the File menu.

See also:

File Open...


CNotePad as Default Text Editor

You might find that you like CNotePad enough that you would like to make it your default text editor (and that is Cetus Software's hope). To do so you need to associate CNotePad with the ".txt" file extension. Doing this will cause double-clicking on any ".txt" file in Explorer to launch CNotePad with the file already loaded.

If you wish to make CNotePad your default text editor for ".txt" files, use the File Make Default .TXT Editor function.  Ordinarily, this will cause CNotePad to be associated with the ".txt" file extension automatically.  (If this function does not succeed, you will have to associate the ".txt" extension manually, using "standard" Windows functions.)

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File Close

Closes the current document. CNotePad prompts you to save any unsaved changes in the current document.

Since CNotePad is a Multiple Display Interface (MIDI) application, selecting File Close will not cause CNotePad itself to close, but only cause the current open document to close.

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File Exit


File Exit

Ends a CNotePad session. CNotePad prompts you to save any unsaved changes in any open documents.

You can also exit CNotePad by doing one of the following:

•	Open the Control menu and choose Close.

•	Double-click the Control menu box.

•	Single-click the "X" button at the right end of the title bar.

See also:

File Close


File Save
Saves the active document with the name, location, and file format you previously set in the Save As dialog box.

When you save a document for the first time, CNotePad displays the Save As dialog box.

When you choose Save, the document remains open so you can continue working on it.

If you want to change the name, location, or file format of an existing document, choose the Save As command.

To quickly save a document with its existing name, location, and file format, click the Save button on the toolbar.

See also:

File Save As...


File Save As
File Save As...

Displays the Save As dialog box, where you specify the name, location, and file format of the active document.

When you choose Save As, the document remains open so you can continue working on it.

To quickly save a document with its existing name, location, and file format, click the Save button on the toolbar.

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File Save


File Print
Controls how a document is printed. Before using this command, you must install and select a printer. To install a printer, see your Windows documentation. To select a printer, use the Print Setup dialog box.

To quickly print the current document, click the Print button on the toolbar.

See also:

File Print Setup...

File Page Setup...

File Print Preview


File Print Setup
File Print Setup...

Allows selecting the printer to use and the size and orientation of the paper to be used while printing.

See also:

File Print...

File Print Preview

File Page Setup...


File Print Preview

Shows how a document will look when you print it. You can use the Print Preview toolbar to make changes before you print.

See also:

File Print...

File Print Setup...

File Page Setup...


File Page Setup
File Page Setup...

Changes the header and footer format for printing a document.

See also:

File Print...

File Print Setup...

File Print Preview


File Make Default TXT Editor
File Make Default .TXT Editor

Causes CNotePad to be associated with the ".txt" file extension.

See also:

CNotePad as Default Text Editor


Edit Functions

Undo

Cut

Copy

Paste

Delete

Find...

Find Next

Replace...

Select All

Word Wrap

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Edit Undo

If possible, reverses the last change made in a document.


Edit Cut
Removes selected text and puts it on the Clipboard. This command is available only when you select text.

Text that you place on the Clipboard remains there until you replace it with a new item.

To quickly remove selected information from the document and place it on the Clipboard, click the Cut button on the toolbar.

See also:

Edit Delete

Edit Copy

Edit Paste


Edit Delete

Deletes selected text from a document, but does not place the text onto the Clipboard.

Use Delete when you want to delete text from the current CNotePad document but you have text on the Clipboard that you want to keep.

See also:

Edit Cut


Edit Copy
Copies selected text to the Clipboard. This command is available only when you select text.

Text that you copy to the Clipboard replaces the previous contents.

To quickly copy information to the Clipboard, click the Copy button on the toolbar.

See also:

Edit Cut

Edit Paste


Edit Paste
Inserts a copy of the Clipboard contents at the insertion point, replacing the selection (if any) with the text on the Clipboard. This command is not available if the Clipboard is empty.

To quickly insert the Clipboard contents at the insertion point, click the Paste button on the toolbar.

See also:

Edit Cut

Edit Copy


Edit Find
Edit Find...

Searches for specified text in the document.

You can match uppercase and lowercase letters, or perform a case-insensitive search for text. You can search forward or backward from the insertion point.

See also:

Edit Find Next

Edit Replace...


Edit Find Next

Repeats the last search without opening the Find dialog box.

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Edit Find...

Edit Replace...


Edit Replace
Edit Replace...

Searches for and replaces specified text.

You can match uppercase and lowercase letters, or perform a case-insensitive search for text to replace.

See also:

Edit Find...

Edit Find Next


Edit Select All

Selects the text of the entire CNotePad document.

You can copy the selected text onto the Clipboard, delete it, or perform other editing actions.

See also:

Edit Cut

Edit Copy

Edit Paste

Edit Delete


Edit Word Wrap

Wraps text in the current document at the end of each line.


Spelling Functions

Check Document

Check Selection

Options...

Dictionaries...

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Spelling Check Document
The Check Spelling Dialog appears if a word requiring your attention is detected anywhere within the document. You can use the dialog to specify whether the word should be ignored or replaced.

Add button: Causes the reported word to be added to the dictionary selected in the Add Words To list.

Add Words To list: Indicates which user dictionary words will be added to when you select the Add button.

Change button: Causes the reported word to be replaced with the word in the Change To box.

Change All button: Causes this and all following occurrences of the reported word to be replaced with the word in the Change To box.

Change To box: Contains a word which will replace a misspelled word when you select the Change or Change All buttons.

Consider Changing box: Contains a word which may be misspelled or otherwise incorrect, and is presented with a candidate replacement word.

Ignore button: Causes this occurrence of a misspelled word to be skipped.

Ignore All button: Causes this and all further occurrences of a misspelled word to be skipped.

Lock checkbox: Locks the position of the Check Spelling dialog in place.

Not in dictionary box: Indicates that a misspelled word was detected.

Suggest button: Causes a set of suggested replacements for misspelled words to be added to the Suggestions list.

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Spelling Check Selection
The Check Spelling Dialog appears if a word requiring your attention is detected within selected text. You can use the dialog to specify whether the word should be ignored or replaced.

Add button: Causes the reported word to be added to the dictionary selected in the Add Words To list.

Add Words To list: Indicates which user dictionary words will be added to when you select the Add button.

Change button: Causes the reported word to be replaced with the word in the Change To box.

Change All button: Causes this and all following occurrences of the reported word to be replaced with the word in the Change To box.

Change To box: Contains a word which will replace a misspelled word when you select the Change or Change All buttons.

Consider Changing box: Contains a word which may be misspelled or otherwise incorrect, and is presented with a candidate replacement word.

Ignore button: Causes this occurrence of a misspelled word to be skipped.

Ignore All button: Causes this and all further occurrences of a misspelled word to be skipped.

Lock checkbox: Locks the position of the Check Spelling dialog in place.

Not in dictionary box: Indicates that a misspelled word was detected.

Suggest button: Causes a set of suggested replacements for misspelled words to be added to the Suggestions list.

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Spelling Options
Spelling Options...

You can use the Options Dialog to specify various SpellChecker options.

Ignore Capitalized Words: When enabled, any words beginning with a capital letter are ignored.

Ignore All-Caps Words: When enabled, any words containing all capital letters are ignored.

Ignore Words with Numbers: When enabled, any words containing embedded digits are ignored.

Ignore Words with Mixed Case: When enabled, any words containing an unusual mixture of upper- and lower-case letters are ignored.

Report Doubled Words: When enabled, any word appearing twice in a row is reported via the Check Spelling Dialog.

Case Sensitive: When enabled, a distinction is made between capitalized and non-capitalized words..

Always Suggest: When enabled, a list of suggested replacements is automatically displayed when a misspelled word is reported.

Phonetic Suggestions: When enabled, suggestions are made on the basis of phonetic similarity as well as typographical similarity..

Suggest Split Words: When enabled, two separate words will be suggested as a replacement for a misspelling containing two joined words.

OK button: Closes the Options Dialog, and saves any changes made to the option settings.

Cancel button: Closes the Options Dialog, and discards any changes made to the option settings.

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Spelling Dictionaries
Spelling Dictionaries...

The Dictionaries Dialog allows you to open and close user dictionaries, and to edit the contents of an open user dictionary.

Add File button: Opens a user dictionary file. When you select the Add File button, a dialog appears which you can use to select the dictionary file to open.

Add Word button: Causes the word entered in the edit area of the Words list to be added to the currently selected dictionary.

Close button: Closes the Dictionaries dialog.

Delete Word button: Causes the word appearing in the edit area of the Words list to be removed from the currently selected dictionary.

Export button: Saves the contents of the currently selected dictionary to a text file.

Files list: Contains the list of open dictionary files.

Import button: Adds the words contained within a text file to the currently selected dictionary.

Language: Displays the language of the words in the currently selected dictionary.

New button: Creates a new user dictionary file.

Remove File button: Closes the currently selected dictionary file.

Type: Displays the type or purpose of the currently selected user dictionary.

Words list: Contains the list of words in the currently selected user dictionary.

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View Functions

Toolbar

Status Bar

Set Tab Stops...

Set Font...

Set Printer Font...

Mirror Display Font

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View Toolbar

Displays (or hides) the main CNotePad toolbar, which has buttons to help you quickly access frequently used commands.

A brief description of each button may be obtained by holding the mouse over the button and observing the text at the left end of the status bar.

A very brief description of each button may be obtained by holding the mouse over the button and observing the "Tooltip" that appears nearby.


View Status Bar

Displays (or hides) the CNotePad status bar, located at the bottom of the CNotePad window, which shows a brief explanatory message about any button over which the mouse is held or about any menu command over which the mouse is dragged.


View Set Tab Stops
View Set Tab Stops...

Allows you to set the number of spaces used for each tab stop.


View Set Font
View Set Font...

Allows you to select the font, font style, and font size used for viewing a document.

See also:

View Set Printer Font...

View Mirror Display Font


View Set Printer Font
View Set Printer Font...

Allows you to select the font, font style, and font size used for printing a document.

See also:

View Set Font...

View Mirror Display Font


View Mirror Display Font

Select this command if you want the font used for printing to match the font used for viewing a document.

See also:

View Set Font...

View Set Printer Font...


Window Functions

Cascade

Tile Vertically

Tile Horizontally

Arrange Icons

Windows

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Window Cascade

Causes open documents to be arranged in overlapping windows.

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Window Tile Horizontally

Window Tile Vertically

Window Arrange Icons

Window Windows


Window Tile Horizontally

Causes open documents to be arranged as non-overlapping tiles, from top to bottom, one above the other.

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Window Tile Vertically

Window Cascade

Window Arrange Icons

Window Windows


Window Tile Vertically

Causes open documents to be arranged as non-overlapping tiles, from left to right, one next to the other.

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Window Tile Horizontally

Window Cascade

Window Arrange Icons

Window Windows


Window Arrange Icons

Lines up icons for any minimized open documents.

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Window Cascade

Window Tile Horizontally

Window Tile Vertically

Window Windows


Window Windows

(Yes, we know it sounds like a silly title for this function.)

List currently open document windows at the bottom of the Window menu.

If a large number of document windows are open, clicking on More Windows will display a list box of all open windows.

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Window Cascade

Window Tile Horizontally

Window Tile Vertically

Window Arrange Icons


Help Functions

Help Topics

About CNotePad

Cetus Freeware

Cetus Shareware

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Help Topics
Opens this Help file to this Contents page.

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Help Functions


Help About CNotePad

Displays program information, version number, and copyright.

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Help Cetus Freeware

Provides information on freeware software products distributed by Cetus Software.

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Help Cetus Shareware

Provides information on shareware software products distributed by Cetus Software.

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How Do  I
How Do I . . .

Obtain Help ?

Find Text ?

Format Text ?

Delete Text ?

Make CNotePad My Default Text Editor ?

Contact Cetus Software ?

Go Back to Help Contents ?


Obtaining Help

You may move from one topic to another in this Help file by clicking with the mouse on any underlined "jump" item. From the keyboard, you may use the Tab key to highlight any item, and then press Enter.

A brief description of any CNotePad menu command may be obtained by dragging the mouse over the menu item.

A brief description of any CNotePad toolbar button may be obtained by holding the mouse over the button and observing the text at the left end of the status bar.

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Help Functions


Finding Text

You can start a search for specific text at any point in a CNotePad document.

To find specific characters or words

1 	Move the insertion point to where you want the search to begin.

2 	From the Edit menu, choose Find.

3 	Type the characters or words you want to find.

4 	If you want to match capitalization exactly, select the Match Case check box.

5 	To specify the search direction, select the Up or Down option.

6 	Choose the Find Next button.

7 	To find the next occurrence of the text, choose the Find Next button again.

You may also close the Find dialog box and choose Find Next from the Search menu or press F3.

You may replace selected text with text currently on the Clipboard using the Edit Replace command.

See also:

Edit Find...

Edit Find Next

Edit Replace...

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Formatting Text

To format text, do the following:

•	To end a line, press ENTER.

•	To indent a line, press TAB.

•	To insert a tab, press TAB.

•	To insert a blank line, move the insertion point to the beginning or end of a line, and then press ENTER.

You may also change Tab and Font settings using these View commands:

View Set Tab Stops

View Set Font

View Set Printer Font

View Mirror Display Font

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Deleting Text

Use the BACKSPACE or DEL key, or the Delete command, when you want to delete text from the current Notepad document but you have text on the Clipboard that you want to keep.

Use the Cut command when you wish to move text from the active document to the Clipboard, replacing the contents of the Clipboard in the process.

To delete one character at a time

•	Press BACKSPACE to delete the character to the left of the insertion point.

•	Press DEL to delete the character to the right of the insertion point.

To delete more than one character

1 	Select the text you want to delete.

2 	Press BACKSPACE or DEL.

•	Or choose Delete from the Edit menu.

To place the text onto the Clipboard, choose Cut from the Edit menu.

See also:

Edit Cut

Edit Delete

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Cetus Freeware and Shareware
Cetus Software is the distributor of several freeware and shareware products. Look for them on the various online services as well as on the Internet (including at our Web site, http://www.cetussoft.com).

(For those without easy access to these sources, Cetus Software will provide copies on diskette of any for the nominal fee of $5.00 each, postpaid.)

For further information on any Cetus Software product, please contact:

     Cetus Software Inc.
     Post Office Box 700
     Carver, MA 02330 USA
     Email users@cetussoft.com

Please feel free to visit our Web site at http://www.cetussoft.com, where you may download free copies of the latest versions of all of our programs.

Cetus Freeware Products

Cetus Shareware Products

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Spelling Check Document Button
Checks the spelling in the entire document.

The Check Spelling Dialog appears if a word requiring your attention is detected anywhere within the document. You can use the dialog to specify whether the word should be ignored or replaced.

See also:

Spelling Check Selection


Spelling Check Selection Button
Checks the spelling only in words that have been selected (highlighted).

The Check Spelling Dialog appears if a word requiring your attention is detected within the selected text. You can use the dialog to specify whether the word should be ignored or replaced.

See also:

Spelling Check Document