Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

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Working with Text

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FIGURE 8-4

Dreamweaver’s Spell Checker double-checks your spelling and can find the typos on any Web page.

After you’ve opened the Check Spelling dialog box, Dreamweaver begins searching your text for

errors. Unless you have selected a portion of your document, Dreamweaver checks the full docu-

ment, regardless of where your cursor is placed. When text is selected, Dreamweaver checks the

selection first and then asks if you’d like to do the entire document.

Dreamweaver checks your Web page text against two dictionaries: a standard dictionary for your

chosen language and a personal dictionary to which you can add words. If the Spell Checker finds

any text that is not in either of the program’s dictionaries, the text is highlighted in the Document

window and appears in the Word Not Found In Dictionary field of the dialog box. A list of suggested

corrections appears in the Suggestions list box, with the topmost one highlighted and also displayed

in the Change To box. If Dreamweaver cannot find any suggestions, the Change To box is left blank.

At this point, you have the following options:

Add To Personal

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—Click this button to include the word in your personal dictionary and

prevent Dreamweaver from tagging it as an error in the future.

Ignore

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—Click this button when you want Dreamweaver to leave the currently highlighted

word alone and continue searching the te ...