Checking Spelling

Check the spelling of either selected text or all the text in a file with the Check Spelling command. Available dictionaries include:

 

Danish	Dutch	English (American)	English (British)
Finnish	French	German	Italian
Norwegian	Portuguese (Brazilian)	Portuguese (Iberian)	Spanish
Swedish

Dictionaries can be edited and added. See Adding and Editing Dictionaries.

Checking the Spelling

To check the spelling of a selected object, such as a text block:

1.	Select the object.

2.	Select Text > Check Spelling.

Alternatively, right-click on the text and select Check Spelling from the context menu.

3.	If a spelling error is detected, the Selection Spelling Check dialog box opens so that corrections can be made.

To check the spelling of all objects in the file:

1.	Do not select any objects.

2.	Select Text > Check Spelling.

The Spelling Check Filter dialog box opens.

 

Parameter	Description
Text Blocks	Checks text contained in text blocks
Symbols	Checks text contained in symbol definitions
Records	Checks text contained in records
Worksheets	Checks text contained in worksheets
Viewports	Checks text annotations contained in viewports

3.	Select the items to have spelling checked, and then click OK. If a spelling error is detected, the Document Spelling Check dialog box opens so that corrections can be made.

If no spelling errors are detected, a message displays to indicate that the spelling check is complete.

Correcting Spelling Errors

If a spelling error is found, either the Selection Spelling Check (when checking a selection) or the Document Spelling Check (when checking all text) dialog box opens. Both dialog boxes contain the same options.

 

Parameter	Description
Spelling error in	Identifies the location of the object containing the potential spelling error
Not in Dictionary	Lists the potentially misspelled word; if none of the suggested corrections in the Suggestions list is an acceptable replacement, type the correction into the Not in Dictionary field (or delete the word by leaving the field blank). Then click Change or Change All to replace the error with the typed word. The word is replaced and the spelling check resumes.
Suggestions	Suggests the closest matching word(s) from the dictionary
Change / Change All	Select one of the suggested words from the list of Suggestions to replace the misspelled word and click Change. The misspelled word is replaced with the suggested word. Alternatively, press Enter with the suggestion selected. To replace all occurrences of the same error in the file, click Change All. The word is replaced and the spelling check resumes.
Ignore / Ignore All	If the word is spelled correctly, but it is not present in the dictionary, click Ignore to leave the word as is and continue the spelling check. Click Ignore All to ignore all occurrences of the word in the file. The word is ignored and the spelling check resumes.
Learn	Click to add the word to the dictionary; this allows the spelling checker to recognize all future occurrences of the word
Options	Click to customize the spelling check options; see Spelling Check Options
Done	Click to discontinue the spelling check; all changes up to that point are saved, but can be undone by selecting Edit > Undo

The spelling of layers, classes, symbol names, object names, script palette names, dimension text, locked objects or records attached to locked objects is not checked.

Spelling Check Options

Click the Options button in the Spelling Check dialog box to customize the spelling check function. The Spelling Check Options dialog box opens.

Specify the types of misspelled words for the spelling checker to find. If a checkbox is not selected, the spelling checker ignores errors for that category of words. Examples include:

 

Capitalized words: Canada	Words in all caps: ANGLE
Words with mixed case: VectorWorks	Words with numbers: Q4

Customize the spelling checker to reduce unnecessary spelling checks in your typical files. Click OK to return to the Selection Spelling Check or Document Spelling Check dialog box.

Adding and Editing Dictionaries

The user dictionary, UserDictionary.txt, is a text file located in [VectorWorks]\Plug-ins\Dictionaries. It can be edited, if desired. When manually editing a dictionary, type the word followed by a tab and the letter “i” to indicate that the spelling checker should ignore the word.

Additional dictionaries, such as a foreign language dictionary, can be added by placing the dictionary file into the [VectorWorks]\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries folder. The spelling checker automatically uses all the dictionaries with the .clx extension in the folder to check the spelling. However, the addition of multiple dictionaries can slow down the spelling check process. Additional dictionaries are available on the VectorWorks downloads page of www.nemetschek.net