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# Spelling and Grammar

Checks the document or the current selection for spelling errors. If a grammar checking extension is installed, the dialogue box also checks for grammar errors.

To access this command...

Choose Tools - Spelling.

F7 key

On the Standard bar, click

Spelling

Checking Spelling and Grammar

The spell check starts at the current cursor position and advances to the end of the document or selection. You can then choose to continue the spell check from the beginning of the document.

Spell check looks for misspelt words and gives you the option of adding an unknown word to a user-defined dictionary. When the first misspelt word is found, the Spell check dialogue box opens.

If a grammar checking extension is installed, this dialogue box is called Spelling and Grammar. Spelling errors are underlined in red, grammar errors in blue. First the dialogue box presents all spelling errors, then all grammar errors.

Mark Check grammar to work first on all spelling errors, then on all grammar errors.

## Not in dictionary

Displays the sentence with the misspelt word highlighted. Edit the word or the sentence, or click one of the suggestions in the text box below.

## Suggestions

Lists suggested words to replace the misspelled word. Select the word that you want to use, and then click Correct or Correct All.

## Text Language

Specifies the language to use to check the spelling.

A language entry has a tick mark in front of it if spell checking is activated for this language.

## AutoCorrect

Adds the current combination of the incorrect word and the replacement word to the AutoCorrect replacements table.

## Options

Opens a dialogue box, in which you can select the user-defined dictionaries, and set the rules for checking spelling.

## Add to Dictionary

Adds the unknown word to a user-defined dictionary.

## Ignore Once

Skips the unknown word and continues with the spell check.

This label of this button changes to Resume if you leave the Spell check dialogue box open when you return to your document. To continue the spell check from the current position of the cursor, click Resume.

## Ignore All

Skips all occurrences of the unknown word until the end of the current LibreOffice session and continues with the spell check.

## Correct

Replaces the unknown word with the current suggestion. If you changed more than just the misspelt word, the entire sentence is replaced.

## Correct All

Replaces all occurrences of the unknown word with the current suggestion.

## Undo

Click to undo the last change in the current sentence. Click again to undo the previous change in the same sentence.

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