Spell checking a selection or document You can check the spelling of selected text, a selected text object, and an entire document using commands in the Spell Checker submenu. 1 To limit the spell checking to specific text or a text object, select the text or the text object. To spell check an entire document, you don’t have to select anything. 2 To begin spell checking, choose Text > Spell Checker > Spell Check Selection (if you selected text or a text object), or Text > Spell Checker > Spell Check Document. 3 If Canvas finds an unrecognized word, the Spelling Checker dialog box appears. For descriptions of the spelling options, see “Spelling Checker,” next. 4 Canvas displays a message when the spell check is complete. Click OK to close the message box. Note: Canvas deselects any selected objects (but not text) when you use the Spell Check Selection or Spell Check Document commands. Spelling Checker The Spelling Checker dialog box appears during spell checking of a selection or doc- ument if Canvas finds a word that is not in its dictionaries. A    Canvas displays unrecog- nized words in context. You cannot edit the text in this box. B    You can type a new spelling in this text box, or click the down-arrow to choose from the list of suggested spellings. C   The highlighted word in this box is the unrecognized word. Replace. Click this button to replace the unrecognized word with the contents of the text box (B)and continue to spell check the docu- ment. Add. If Canvas doesn’t recognize a word that is actually spelled correct- ly, you can add the word to the User Dictio- nary so that Canvas will recognize it in all future documents. After saving the word, Canvas continues to spell check. Ignore. Allows an unrecog- nized word in the current docu- ment without adding the word to the dictionary. Canvas ignores all instances of the word until you close Canvas. Skip. Allows the current instance of an unrecognized word, but Canvas alerts you the next time this word occurs. Cancel. Interrupts the spell check and closes the dialog box. B A C
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