PageStream can check the spelling of the whole document. It compares your words against those in a dictionary and alerts you when it finds words that are either misspelled or unknown. When it checks the spelling, PageStream will automatically choose the correct dictionary for the words it checks, based on what is set in the General Preferences and what language has been chosen with the Language attribute.

PageStream 3.4 and later includes the following dictionaries:

• American
• Deutsch
• Espanol
• Francais
• Italiano
• Magyar
• Nederlands
• Norsk
• Slovenian
• Srpski
• Suomi
• Svenska

To check the spelling of the document, choose Check Spelling from the Edit menu. The Check Spelling dialog box will appear.

When PageStream finds an unknown word, it will display it in the Word text box and display a pop-up menu with a list of suggested spellings. Either type the correct spelling of the word directly in the Word text box or choose one suggestion from the Suggest pop-up menu. If you want to look up a different spelling of the word, type it in the Word text box and click on Look Up.

To replace the incorrect word with the new one, click on Replace to replace this occurrence or on Replace All to replace all the occurrences of the incorrect word right away.

Additionally, you may click on the Ignore button to ignore this occurrence of the unknown word or on Ignore All to ignore all future occurrences of that word. Finally, if you want to add the unknown word to the dictionary, click on the Add button.

Customizing the dictionary

Words added to the dictionary are not saved in the main dictionary file. Your words are stored in a separate file which is used in conjunction with the main dictionary. You can add and delete words from the dictionary with the Look Up Word command from the Edit menu.

To look up a word, type it in the Word text box and click on the Look Up button. To add it to the selected dictionary, click on the Add button. To remove it from the selected dictionary, click on the Remove button.

You can add an ASCII list of words to a spelling dictionary instead of adding a single word at a time. Choose Look Up Word from the Edit menu, select the dictionary you want to add words to in the Language pop-up menu, then hold down the Shift key while you click on the Add button. A file selector will appear for you to choose the file to add. The file should be in ASCII form with accented characters in the native character set, and a tab, paragraph mark or new line character between each of the words.

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