AOLpress Help

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Checking Spelling

You can check the spelling of the text in your page (or your entire MiniWeb) by using the Spell Checker.

To check spelling:

1. Choose the Tools Spell Check menu item while focus is on either a Web page or on a MiniWeb view. This causes AOLpress to start checking the spelling on your page(s). If focus is on a page, spell checking starts at your cursor location.
2. If it doesn't recognize a word, you will see the Spell Check window.
   
   The unrecognized word is shown in the field at the top and suggested corrections are listed below. You can do these things to unrecognized words:
   
   • Correct: Select one of the suggested corrections or edit the word yourself. Then click Replace. If you want to fix all occurrences of the misspelled word automatically (even when you use the spell checker in future AOLpress sessions), check the Always Replace box before you click the Replace button.
   • Guess Again: If one of the suggested corrections is close to the word you want, select that word and click Guess. You will see a new list of suggested words. You can pick one of these words and use it to Replace the word or Guess again.

     If you want AOLpress to suggest words that contain characters with accent marks, click the Options button and type the accented characters into the field provided. Type all the digits (1234567890) in this field if you want AOLpress to suggest words you have added to the dictionary that contain numbers.
     

   • Add to Dictionary: If the unrecognized word is one that you want AOLpress to recognize in the future, click Learn to add the word to the dictionary.
   • Ignore: If you want to allow a word without adding it to the dictionary, click Skip. The word will be ignored for the rest of that spell checking session.
     
3. AOLpress continues moving forward through your page to check the spelling. If you started the spell check in the middle of the page, it goes back to check the first part of your page, too. When you finish checking your page, click Done to close the Spell Check window.

You can control the lists of words that have been added to your AOLpress dictionary and words that will be automatically replaced by the spell checker.

To edit the list of learned words:

1. Click the Options button in the Spell Check window to see the Spell Options window.
2. If you want to see or edit the list of learned words, click the Edit button for the Personal Dictionary. You will see the learned.hsh page, which lists any words you have added to the dictionary.
3. Type words you want to add to the dictionary on the page you see. Put only one word on each line.
4. When you are finished editing your list of words, save this page. The next time you spell check a page, the words in this page will be recognized.
5. Click the Select button if you want to create or select a different dictionary. You will see a standard file selection window.
6. To create a new dictionary, specify a filename with an extension of .hsh and click OK.

To edit the list of automatically replaced words:

1. Click the Options button in the Spell Check window to open the Spell Options window.
2. If you want to see or edit the list of automatically replaced words, click the Edit button for the Replacement List. You will see a page, replaces.rpl,  that lists any words you have replaced while the Always Replace box was checked.
3. You can add words to this list or remove words. Put exactly two words on each line. The first word should be the one you want to replace. The second word should be the one you want to replace it with.
4. When you finish editing the list of replaced words, save this page. The next time you spell check a page, the words you listed will be replaced automatically.
5. If you want to select a different list of replaced words or create an empty list, click the Select button. You will see a standard file selection window.
6. You can select any replaced words list you have created with AOLpress. To create a new list, specify a filename with an extension of .rpl and click OK.

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