
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
If needed, all unknown words in a text can be automatically entered in the active user-defined
dictionary. For instructions, refer to OpenOffice.org Help.
Automatic Spellcheck
• From within a text document, click the AutoSpellingCheck on/off icon on the
Standard toolbar. All words marked as incorrect by the spelling checker will then be
underlined in red.
• Right click on words underlined in this way and a context menu appears.
• The context menu often provides a list of suggested words, one of which may be clicked
“to select it. The suggested word then replaces the word underlined in red.
If a wrongly typed word using the AutoCorrect function is replaced in the context menu, the
word pair is entered in the AutoCorrect replacement table. To call up this table, choose Tools
> AutoCorrect > Replace tab.
If the word underlined in red is correct, one can place it in a custom dictionary using the Add
command.
To exclude words from the Spellcheck:
1. Select the words.
2. Open the context menu of one of the words.
3. Select Character.
4. Select the Format > Character > Font tab.
5. Select the language [None].
Removing Words From User-Defined Dictionaries
1. Choose Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids tab.
2. Select the user-defined dictionary and click Edit.
3. Now the Edit User-Defined Dictionary dialogue appears allowing the user to search
through an alphabetic list.
4. Select the word
5. Click Delete.
Hyphenation
Hyphenation in text documents either can either be done automatically or manually.
• Automatic hyphenation is an attribute of paragraphs and Paragraph Styles. This means
that one can switch the hyphenation on or off for a paragraph or for a paragraph format
and select its properties.
• Manual hyphenation gives individual control, but can be tedious.
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