Apple Pages User Manual

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Chapter 2

Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates

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To get a list of spelling suggestions:

1

Hold down the Control key and click the misspelled word. A list of optional spellings

appears (a word may generate no optional spellings if it cannot be recognized at all).

2

Choose the correct spelling if you see it in the list.

If you know you have spelled the word correctly, and you want to add it to the

spelling dictionary used for all documents, choose Learn Spelling from the pop-up list.

If you don’t want this word to be flagged as misspelled, but you don’t want to add it

to the spelling dictionary used for all documents, choose Ignore Spelling from the

pop-up list.

Once you correct the misspelled word, the red line disappears.

To check spelling in your document one word at a time:

m

Place the cursor in a word you want to check, or anywhere in the document, and then

do one of the following:

 Choose Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling.

The spell-checker begins checking the spelling of each word in your document,

beginning wherever you placed your cursor. The first misspelled word found is

highlighted. You can correct it or choose the same menu command again, to

continue checking the document. To go through the document more quickly, press

Command-semicolon (;) to continue checking the document.

 Choose Edit > Spelling > Spelling.

The Spelling window opens with a list of suggested spellings. If you don’t see any

that look correct, you can retype the word and click Guess to see a new list of

suggestions. Select one and click Correct to apply it to the misspelled word. Click

Find Next to go to the next misspelled word.

Use the Dictionary pop-up menu in the Spelling window to use a different language

dictionary for a selected word. Changing the dictionary in the Spelling window does

not change the dictionary for the entire document, but only for individual words.

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