Spell Check, Auto Correct and Word Count
Spell Check, Auto Correct and Word Count
OpenOffice Writer has the ability to check for spelling mistakes. You can check the spelling by going to TOOLS and then SPELLCHECK, or you can click on the button in the tool bar pictured above. By highlighting a particular word or section, Writer will only check the spelling in that section. If nothing is highlighted, it will check the entire document. Writer automatically underlines misspelled words with a red, wavy line. This feature can be turned off by clicking on the following button in the tool bar:
AutoCorrect is a feature that automatically corrects commonly misspelled words. It replaces mistakes like t-e-h with t-h-e. By going to TOOLS then AUTOCORRECT (figure 11), you can see the list of existing words Writer is programmed to correct (figure 12).
Figure 11
Within this window (figure 12), you have the option of setting exceptions for words to be corrected, and you can add other words that you may commonly misspell to be corrected automatically.
Figure 12
You can count the total number of words in a document or highlighted section by going to TOOLS, then WORD COUNT.
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