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.f3 - # - Chapter 12 - Spelling Checker .rm70 .tc .tc1 .tc 12. CHECKING YOUR SPELLING ............................# CHAPTER 12 CHECKING YOUR SPELLING .imDictionaries .ix Spelling check .imSpelling Check When you use the spelling checker, Word Fugue corrects your spelling by comparing the words in your document with those contained in its dictionaries. If a word cannot be found, it is highlighted, and you are prompted to edit it, display a list of suggested spellings, add it to the personal dictionary, or ignore it. You can add words to the main dictionary (or delete them) by running a separate program. See the section on WFLEXMGR in this chapter, as well as appendix B. You should be aware that words in the main dictionary are not case sensitive, so if you have the word david in the main dictionary, it will match david, DAvid, daVID, and so on. .tc Using a Personal Dictionary ........................# Using a Personal Dictionary .ix Personal dictionary You should use a personal dictionary if your documents contain specialised words (personal names, abbreviations or words that are case sensitive). The personal dictionary stores words that are case sensitive, so that if you enter David, it will match only David, and not david. This allows you to pick up such case sensitive spellings. You can add words to your personal dictionary by using the Add Option on the Spelling menu. See the section on Add option in this chapter. You can also add or modify your personal dictionary by using Word Fugue to edit it. The dictionary is named WF_AUX.DIC, and resides in the current directory. If you modify it, you should make sure that it has one word per line, each one starting in column one. The order of the words in unimportant. The maximum size of the personal dictionary is 64K or 65536 characters. Bear in mind that a dictionary this size will take time to search, and must be searched for each word that is checked, so it is in your interests to add words to the main dictionary, where hashing algorithms speed up the search process. You can create more than one personal dictionary by having a different one in each directory you use. Word Fugue looks for a personal dictionary in the current directory, and will always create it there. If you have a need to use more than one personal dictionary in a directory, you should call each one by a different name, and copy the one you want as WF_AUX.DIC when you want to use it. .tc Using the Spelling checker .........................# Using the Spelling checker .ix Checking your spelling (Alt S) .ix Using the spelling checker (Alt S) To use the spelling checker, use the command Ctrl J S or Alt S, or from the pull down menu select Miscellaneous Spelling check. Be sure that your cursor is placed in the document you wish to have checked, and that it is positioned at the point from which you wish to commence checking. Also be sure that any block highlighting is turned off, since Word Fugue will check the marked block if it is in the current window and visible. You may occasionally want to check a marked block. .ix Blocks Word Fugue checks the document in the current screen window. By default, checking proceeds from the current cursor position to the end of the file. If a block is marked and visible, only that block will be checked. Word Fugue will also check the contents of dot commands, since some of them (.tc .ix .he .fo etc) actually appear in the printed output. Once the operation begins, Word Fugue keeps you advised of its progress on the status line. The line and column counters tell you what part of the document is being checked, as does the percentage indicator. These are updated each time a new word is checked. You can abort the operation at any time by pressing the ESC key. When Word Fugue finds a word that it does not recognise, the screen will be updated to highlight the word, and a popup menu will ask you to select an option. Select by moving the bar and pressing Enter or by pressing the first character of any of the options: …ÕÕÕÕÕ Word not recognised ÕÕÕÕÕÕª ∫ Skip once ∫ ∫ Ignore for this document ∫ ∫ List dictionary sound-alikes ∫ ∫ Edit from keyboard ∫ ∫ Mark with "~" ∫ ∫ Add to dictionary ∫ ∫ Batch mark rest of document ∫ »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº Fig 12.1 - Spelling Error Window .tc1 Fig 12.1 - Spelling Error Window ......................# .ix Ignore misspellings Skip once Ignore the spelling of this word in only this one instance. Checking will resume at the next word. Ignore for this document Ignore the spelling of this word for the duration of the check. If you stop checking and re-start it, the word will be considered to be misspelled, since the list of words to ignore is discarded as soon as the spell checking operation terminates. Checking will resume at the next word. List dictionary sound-alikes .ix Suggesting corrections Display a list of sound-alike words from Word Fugue's main dictionary. Select one and press <Enter>, or press <Esc> to return to the previous menu. You can use the cursor control keys to move around the list. If you select a new word, it will replace the misspelled one. If any letters in the misspelled word are in capitals, those letter positions in the new word will also be made into capital letters. Checking will resume at the next word. .CP8 …ÕÕ Alternatives ÕÕª ∫ misspell ∫ ∫ misspelled ∫ ∫ misspells ∫ ∫ misspelt ∫ »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº Fig 12.2 - List of Likely Words .tc1 Fig 12.2 - List of Likely Words .......................# Edit from the keyboard A prompt box will appear to allow interactive editing of the word. Press <Enter> to accept, or <Esc> to return to the previous menu. Word Fugue will recheck the word after you finish editing it. Mark with "~" Place a tilde (~) in front of the word. After the document has been checked, you can use the Find Pattern command to locate the marked words. .CP10 Add to dictionary .ix Add word to personal Dictionary Add the word to Word Fugue's auxiliary dictionary (WF_AUX.DIC). A secondary menu of case selections will appear. Press <Esc> to return to the previous menu, or <Enter> to add to the dictionary. Checking will resume from the next word. …ÕÕÕÕ Add to dictionary ÕÕÕÕÕª ∫ Lower case ∫ ∫ First letter capitalised ∫ ∫ Upper case ∫ ∫ Exactly as shown ∫ »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº Fig 12.3 - Add to Local Dictionary .tc1 Fig 12.3 - Add to Local Dictionary ....................# {.Œ} Lower case Add the word to the Personal dictionary entirely in lower case. First letter capitalised Add the word to the personal dictionary, and make the first letter a capital, and all the others lower case. Upper case Add the word to the Personal dictionary entirely in upper case. Exactly as shown Add the word to the Personal dictionary exactly as it appears in the document. .CP6 Batch mark rest of document Cancel the interactive mode normally used for spell-checking. From this point on, all unrecognised words are marked with tildes (~). You are not prompted, but you can still press ESC to terminate the spell checking. A spell-checking operation may be stopped by pressing <Esc> at the corrections menu (once a misspelling is found) or by pressing any key while a file is being checked. In the latter case, a prompt box will be displayed, asking if you want to stop. Press Y to stop, N to continue. …ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕª ∫ Stop spelling check? (Y/N) ∫ »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº Fig 12.4 - Stop Spell Checking prompt .tc1 Fig 12.4 - Stop Spell Checking prompt .................# The main dictionary (WF_MAIN.LEX) should reside in the same directory as Word Fugue itself, otherwise Word Fugue may not be able to find it. Word Fugue expects the dictionary to be in the Word Fugue Home directory, but will also check directories in your path command. The auxiliary dictionary should reside in the same directory as the file you are spell checking. If Word Fugue does not find it, it will create it if you request to add a word to the dictionary. .tc Modifying the Main Dictionary ......................# Modifying the Main Dictionary .ix Modify the Main Dictionary Changes may be made to the main dictionary by using the program WFLEXMGR. Run this from the DOS prompt. This program will either Add or Delete words from the dictionary, depending upon the input on its screen. It will write a new dictionary, so as not to destroy the old one if things go wrong. Make sure you have enough disk space for 2 copies! You may allocate the new dictionary on another drive or directory. If the old and the new are in the same directory, and have the same name, the old will be renamed to a .BAK extension. The change file should have one word per line (like the auxiliary dictionary). The case does not matter, since all words are converted to lower-case. during the update process. .ix Deleting words from Main Dictionary .ix Adding words to Main Dictionary You cannot add and delete in the same run, so if you have inadvertently added a word which you subsequently find to have been spelled incorrectly, you must first delete the erroneous word by putting it in a change file spelled exactly as it is in the dictionary, and directing the program to Delete words contained in the change file. Once this run has finished, you can then add the correctly spelled word by placing it in a change file and directing the program to Add words from the specified change file. .CP5 .tc Specifying the Main Dictionary .....................# Specifying the Main Dictionary .ix Dictionaries .ixDictionaries; Specifying As it comes out from the factory, Word Fugue has the dictionary set to WF_MAIN.LEX. This is a shorter version that contains only 72000 words, but is small enough to fit on a 360k floppy. There are large versions of the English language dictionary, that recognises US, British or Australian spellings. They are called WF_USA.LEX for American only spelling (based on Webster's), WF_UK.LEX, which recognises only non American English spellings (based on Concise Oxford), and WF_AUS.LEX which recognises Australian spellings (Based on Macquarie). These dictionaries have over 100,000 words each, and are too large to fit on a 360k floppy. Your copy of Word Fugue should have come with one of the large dictionaries as well as the small one if you purchased it in an English speaking country. Foreign language users should check with your local distributor to see what foreign languages are supported. Foreign language (non english) dictionaries are generally the property of the local distributor, and not Fugue Software. If you would like to order an additional dictionary - information on how to order any of them is included in the back of the manual. The dictionary to be used for spell checking can be set from the pull down menu, under the Lexicon file options of the Options menu. Selecting this option will display the name of the main dictionary, and the name of the local dictionary. Please refer to Chapter 2 - customising Word Fugue for more information on this.