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SPELLER UTILITY
The speller utility is used to create your own dictionary,
add or delete words from a dictionary, display the common word
list or find the location of a word.
This document should be read carefully before you use the
speller utility because of documentation differences in the
Appendix section of the manual. There are several changes to
improve ease of use and efficiency of the utility which are as
yet undocumented.
STARTING THE SPELLER UTILITY
The Speller Utility cannot run on one single-sided drive.
ONE DOUBLE-SIDED DISK DRIVE
To start the Speller Utility:
1. Insert the Speller disk into drive A.
2. Using the mouse, double click on the drive A icon.
3. Double-click on SPELLER.PRG.
If the dictionary is on a disk other than Speller, replace
the speller disk with the other disk once the program has
started.
TWO DISK DRIVES
To start the Speller Utility:
1. Insert a data disk into drive B.
The data disk is used when words are added to or
deleted from a dictionary or word list. The disk may
contain dictionaries, supplementary word lists, or
files of words to be added or deleted. However, for
the Speller Utility to work correctly, the disk
should have as much empty space as possible.
2. Insert the Speller disk into drive A.
3. Using the mouse, double-click on the drive A icon.
4. Double-click on Speller.Prg.
HARD DISK
To start the Speller Utility:
1. Using the mouse, double-click on the directory where
SPELLER.PRG is located. (SPELLER.PRG should be found in the
WP directory.)
2. Double-click on SPELLER.PRG.
THE SPELLER UTILITY
When you start the Speller Utility, a main menu is
displayed. It has eight options to choose from. These options
and their descriptions are displayed below.
While in the Speller Utility you will be given options such
as Exit, Cancel, Continue, and others. To make the following
explanations easier to understand, the messages you will be given
are included with the list of options below:
For options 1-8 on the Speller Utility menu, you can either
click on the selection or type the number before it.
Cancel - click on cancel, press the cancel key (F1), or type
the letter C.
Clear Buffer - click on Clear Buffer.
Common - click on Common or type the letter C.
Continue - click on Continue or type the letter C.
Exit - click on Exit, press the exit key (F7), or type the
letter E.
Main - click on Main or type the letter M.
OK - click on OK or press the return key.
Retrieve File - click on Retrieve File.
Update Dictionary - click on Update Dictionary.
CHANGE/CREATE DICTIONARY
Before you use any of the other options, you can first
create a new dictionary or change the path to direct the Utility
to one you have already created. The dictionary you specify at
this point is the dictionary that will be affected by any changes
you make or options you choose from here on. If you do not
choose this option and select another dictionary, your
WordPerfect dictionary, LEX.WP will be used.
1. Select Change/Create dictionary from the menu (option
1). A dialogue appears asking for the name of the new
dictionary.
2. Enter the name for your new dictionary or the name of a
dictionary you have already created. You can give a
dictionary any name within TOS limitations: up to 8
characters with the option of a period and a 3 character
extension.
When entering a dictionary name that does not yet exist,
you will be asked if you want to create a dictionary with
that name. Answer Yes to create a new dictionary.
ADD WORDS TO DICTIONARY
You can add words to either the main word list or the common
word list. Words can be added by typing them in from the key
board or retrieving an existing file such as LEX.SUP.
1. Select Add Words to Dictionary. (option 2)
2. Select Common to add to the common word list or Main to
add to the main word list.
3. Enter the words you wish to add by typing them,
separating each word by pressing the space bar or the enter
key, or enter them by retrieving a file containing a list of
words. The file can be retrieved by pressing the retrieve
key (shift-F10) or selecting the Retrieve File option, then
typing in the full path and file name.
4. When words are entered or a file is retrieved, they are
added to the dictionary by pressing the save key (F10) or
selecting Update Dictionary from your screen.
When words are added to or deleted from the dictionary,
WordPerfect re-sorts and re-alphabetizes the entire
dictionary so the process can take up to 10 minutes,
depending on the number of words being added or deleted and
particularly the type of drive(s) you are using.
Words added to the Common word list will be added to both
the Common and the Main word lists. Words added to the Main
word list will be added only to the Main word list.
When the words are added, the program will return you to
the Speller Utility menu.
DELETE WORDS FROM DICTIONARY
Deleting words is done much like adding words. You can
delete words from the common word list or the main word list or
from your supplementary dictionary. Words can be deleted by
typing them in from the key board or retrieving and existing
file.
1. Select Delete Words from Dictionary (option 3).
2. Select Common to delete from the common word list or
Main to delete from the main word list.
3. The words you wish to delete can be entered on your
screen the same way you would to add them as explained in
step 3 above for Adding Words to Dictionary.
4. The words are deleted by pressing the save key (F10) or
selecting the Update Dictionary option from your screen.
Be sure to delete all the words you wish to delete at once
because it will take close to the same amount of time
regardless of how many words you are deleting.
When words are deleted from the Common word list, they are
deleted from the Common word list only. When words are
deleted from the Main word list, they are automatically
deleted from both the Common and Main word lists.
When the words are deleted, the program will return you to
the Speller Utility menu.
OPTIMIZE DICTIONARY
This option compacts and organizes a dictionary to make it
run more efficiently. Use it after adding or deleting words or
after creating and new dictionary.
1. Select Optimize Dictionary (option 4).
You only need to use this option once for each dictionary
you create. Words added to a dictionary after it has been
optimized will be added in an optimized format.
DISPLAY COMMON WORD LIST
This option allows you to view the words in the common word
list.
1. Select Display Common Word List (option 5).
To scroll through the list, click on Continue or type the
letter C.
To exit the Common word list, click on exit, press the
exit key (F7) or type the letter e.
CHECK LOCATION OF A WORD
This option lets you see if a word is found in the Common
word list or the Main word list.
1. Select Check Location of a Word (option 6).
2. Type the word you want to look for and press the return
key or click on OK.
A dialogue will then appear that will tell you if the word
is found in the Common word list, the Main word list or is
not found. From here you can click on OK, press the return
key or the cancel key (F1). This will return you to the
option of entering another word to search for. You can
repeat the process or exit to the Speller Utility menu by
clicking on Cancel or pressing the cancel key (F1).
LOOK UP
This option works the same as the Look Up option on the
speller menu when the speller is running in WordPerfect. It
allows you to find a word when you are not sure of the spelling.
1. Select Look Up (option 7).
2. A dialogue appears like the one in Check Location of a
Word. Here you enter a word, substituting the letters you
are not sure of with Wild Card characters.
There are two Wild Card characters. An asterisk (*)
represents from 0 letters to any number of letters. A
question mark (?) represents 0 letters or 1 letter. You can
use more than one asterisk or question mark or both in a
word. The program will search both word lists and list for
you all the words that fit that pattern.
PHONETIC LOOK UP
This option is similar to the Look Up option, but finds all
the words that are similar to yours phonetically, rather than
grammatically.
1. Select Phonetic Look Up (option 8).
You will see the same dialogue displayed for Check
Location of word and Look Up.
2. Enter your word and select OK. The program will search
both word lists for any words that are phonetically similar
to your word and list them across the screen.
Wild Card characters do not work well with the Phonetic
Look Up.
EXITING THE SPELLER UTILITY
To exit the Speller Utility, you must first be at the
Speller Utility menu.
You can exit by clicking on Exit, pressing the exit key
(F7) or typing the letter E.
You will be returned to the Desktop.