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SpellCheck RedSquiggles (2.1f)

You can choose to see words which have undecided or incorrect spelling status highlighted with a squiggly underline.

How display spelling errors​

  1. Open the menu for the project.
  2. Under View, click Display Spelling Errors.
    • Words which are not known to be correct are now highlighted with a squiggly underline.
  • OR click Display spelling on toolbar.

Red squiggles​

A red squiggle is displayed on words which are incorrect or which Paratext calculates are probably incorrect.

Grey squiggles​

Grey indicates that Paratext doesn’t know anything about the spelling status and can’t work out if it is suspicious.

  • These words are all undecided.

Record the correct spelling​

If a spelling is wrong, it is helpful to have Paratext record what the correction is.

  1. Right-click the word.
    • The Correct Spelling dialog opens.
  2. Select one of the suggested spellings or type in the Correct Spelling box.
  3. To make the change click OK.
    • Paratext saves the new spelling as correct, sets the old spelling to incorrect, saves the correction AND offers to make the changes to the old spelling.

Remove the squiggle​

  1. Right-click the word.
    • The Correct Spelling dialog opens.
  2. Click OK.
    • Paratext saves the new status and removes the squiggle.

Right-click menu​

  • Right-click a squiggle a second time to get the menu
  • If you wanted the Correct Spelling dialog, simply right-click the word again.
  • Right-click the word, choose Spelling to open the Correct Spelling dialog for this word.