<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="recht"><help:help-text value="visible">Checks the current document, or selection for spelling errors.</help:help-text> <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> includes headers, footers, index entries, and footnotes in the spellcheck.</help:to-be-embedded> The spellcheck starts at the current cursor position and advances to the end of the document or selection. You can then choose to continue the spellcheck from the beginning of the document.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Spellcheck looks for misspelled words and gives you the option of adding an unknown word to a user dictionary. When the first misspelled word is found, the <span class="T1">Spellcheck</span> dialog opens.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The misspelled word is displayed in the <span class="T1">Word</span> box.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="42" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To quickly insert the original word back into the <span class="T1">Word</span> box, click the word in the <span class="T1">Original</span> area at the top of the dialog, or press <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Option</help:case><help:default>Alt</help:default></help:switch>+O.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Edit the misspelled word, or select a word from the <span class="T1">Suggestions</span> list, and then click<span class="T1"> Replace</span>.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="44" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Rechecks the spelling of the word in the <span class="T1">Word </span>box.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Lists suggested words to replace the misspelled word in the <span class="T1">Word </span>box. Select the word that you want to use, and then click <span class="T1">Replace</span>.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specifies the language to use for the spellchecking. To install or remove additional language modules, run the <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Setup program.</help:help-text> If you replace a word after changing this setting, the new language is assigned to the word as a direct character attribute.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Shows the user dictionaries used for spellchecking. The selected dictionary is the one to add entries to from the dialog when you click <span class="T1">Add</span>. To activate dictionaries click the <span class="T1">Options</span> button.</help:help-text> For more information on user-defined dictionaries, see <help:link Id="65883" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Writing aids</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="53" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:help-text value="visible">Adds the current combination of the incorrect word and the replacement word to the AutoCorrect replacements table.</help:help-text></help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="55" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Replaces the current word with a synonym.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="57" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Opens the <help:link Id="65883">Language</help:link> dialog, where you can select the user-defined dictionaries, and set the rules for the spellchecking.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="25" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Adds the text in the <span class="T1">Word </span>box to the selected user-defined dictionary.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="23" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Skips the unknown word, and continues with the spellcheck.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="21" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Skips all occurrences of the unknown word in the entire document, and continues with the spellcheck.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="19" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Replaces the unknown word with the current suggestion, or with the text that you type in the <span class="T1">Word </span>box.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Replaces all occurrences of the unknown word with the current suggestion, or with the text that you type in the <span class="T1">Word </span>box.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="27" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Searches the document for spelling errors backwards from the current cursor position.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="30" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Lists the reason for the Spellcheck interruption.</p>