To check the spelling in a selection

1. Select the portion of the document to be checked.

2. ClickitbpF22.125pt21.125pt2ptspell.wmf, or from the Tools menu, choose Spell Check.

3. The program begins the spell check immediately using the options currently set in the Spell Check dialog boxes.

When a word in the document is flagged by the Spell Check, the program displays the Spell Check dialog boxSpell_dialog.tex.

If you check 20 or fewer words, the number checked is displayed in the status area at the bottom of the screen. If you check more than 20 words, a dialog box opens to give you the number of words checked and the number of replacements made.

You can use this feature to count the number of words in a document by starting the spell check at the beginning of the document. The count doesn't include mathematics or words in mathematics.