Spell-checker and thesaurus

The Spell-checker and Thesaurus are both available from the Tools menu. They operate in Spreadsheet in the same way as they do in Write. See Spell-checker and thesaurus in Write for more details.

To change the way spell-checker and thesaurus work, select the Options command from the Tools menu and then select Spelling & Thesaurus.

Click on the checkbox next to Always suggest to ensure that the spell-checker always suggests alternative spellings for words it does not recognize.

Click on the checkbox next to Use only main dictionary if you do not want the spell-checker to take account of any words that you might have previously added to the dictionary yourself. You will usually want to leave this box unchecked. The main dictionary is the original dictionary that is supplied with Ability.

The User Dictionary contains any words you might have added and is kept separate from the main dictionary. This can be edited by clicking on the button to the right of the box and then opening up the file from the Open dialog that appears.

Language is the form of English used in the dictionary i.e. American or British English.

You can choose to have automatic spell checking by clicking on the Auto recognize spell errors box. This works as you type and immediately tells you if the dictionary does not recognize a word, by showing the word in the color you have chosen from the Spell error text color box.

See:

Autospell