When Show Spelling Errors is active, Canvas checks the spelling of a word after you type it and press the Spacebar, tab, or deselect the text object. Canvas marks an unrecognized word with a red wavy under- line. To mark unrecognized words:  Choose Layout > Display > Show Spelling Errors. If you do not want Canvas to mark unrecog- nized words, Choose Layout > Display > Hide Spelling Errors. Using the spelling pop-up menu While using the Text tool to edit text, you can choose suggested replacements for words marked as unrecognized. The spelling pop-up menu lets you choose replacement words. You can also use the menu to add unrecognized words to the User Dictio- nary. To use the spelling pop-up menu With a text object in edit mode, point to a word that Canvas has marked as unrecognized. Control-click the word (Mac) or right-click the word (Windows). The spelling menu pops up. Do one of the following: Replacement word To replace an unrecognized word with a sug- gested word, choose the suggested word in the pop-up menu. When you choose a replacement word in the Spelling menu, Canvas adds the unrecognized word and the replacement word to the Auto Correct dialog box. The unrecognized word appears in the Replace text box and the suggested word appears in the With text box. See “Checking the spelling of text” on page 27.523. Add Word To add an unrecognized word to the User Dictionary, choose Add Word. After you choose Add Word, Canvas adds the word to the User Dictionary and will recognize any future use of the word. Ignore Word To ignore the spelling of the unrecognized word, click Ignore Word. If you choose Ignore Word, Canvas will ignore the word in any document until you quit Canvas. Cancel To close the spelling menu without making any changes, choose Cancel or click outside the pop-up menu. Unrecognized words marked Spelling menu Suggested words
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