Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 101

Text (word processing) 4-31 Once you choose either command, the Spelling dialog box appears and AppleWorks begins checking for questionable words. The spelling checker verifies the words you are checking in the main dictionary, which is installed with AppleWorks, and any installed user dictionaries. If it does not find a word, it suggests alternatives. If the spelling of the word in question is correct (such as the spelling of someone's name), you can add the word to a user dictionary by clicking Learn. Type a keyboard shortcut to replace a word Shows the questionable word in context Shows the word count Click to replace with the word selected in the list (changes to Done when check is complete) Click to add the questionable word to the user dictionary Click to hide or show the word in context Tip If you need to check the spelling in a communications document, you can copy and paste the text into a word processing document, and then check spelling there. Or, save your communications document as text, then reopen that text file as a word processing document. Hyphenating words In the Help index,* see: E Auto-Hyphenate command You can use automatic hyphenation to prevent entire words from moving to the next line. You can also change where words hyphenate. To turn automatic hyphenation on or off, choose Writing Tools from the Edit menu, and then choose Auto-Hyphenate. To specify how a single word should be hyphenated, place the insertion point where you would like the word to break and press 2- -(hyphen). * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.