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- 3. Spell-checking and thesaurus
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- HoTMetaL PRO contains an HTML-aware spell-checker and
- thesaurus.
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- 3.1. Spell checking text
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- To spell check text, do one of:
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- * Choose Spelling... from the Tools menu.
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- * Type[F7].
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- * Click on the {ABC} toolbar button.
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- HoTMetaL PRO spell checks the document, starting at
- the insertion point, continuing to the end of the document
- (or the end of the selected text), and wrapping around
- to the top of the document. If a word is found that
- has no entry in any of the dictionaries, a dialog box
- appears: the word is displayed at the bottom of the
- dialog box next to the label Misspelled Word and is
- also highlighted in the document.
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- The dialog box will list a number of possible substitutions,
- based on words with spelling or pronunciation close
- to the unrecognized word.
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- 3.1.1. Dealing with misspelled words
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- If one of the possible substitutions is the correct
- word, click on that word. The word then replaces the
- unrecognized word in the Replace with text box. You
- can also type replacement text directly in the Replace
- with text box. When you are satisfied with the choice
- in the text box, click on [Replace]. The word is replaced
- in the document and spell checking continues.
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- If the unrecognized word is correct (perhaps it is a
- proper name or technical term), then do one of the following:
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- * If you expect this word to appear often (for example,
- your company name), click [Add to Dictionary]. If there
- is no current user dictionary, the Load Dictionary dialog
- box appears. Type a name for your user dictionary (for
- example, user.dct) and click [Open]. At the prompt,
- click [Create new dictionary]. A user dictionary of
- that name is created and loaded. After you load the
- dictionary, click on [Add to Dictionary] again. The
- word is added to the dictionary and spell check will
- not stop for this word again.
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- * If the word appears throughout the current document,
- but is not a word that will appear regularly in other
- documents, click on the [Ignore] button. The word will
- be added to a temporary list of correctly spelled words
- and will be ignored for the duration of this HoTMetaL
- PRO session, but will not be added to the dictionary.
- The next time you use HoTMetaL PRO with the same dictionaries,
- spell check will stop at this word.
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- * If you think this is the only occurrence of the word,
- click on the [Next] button. The speck check will resume
- without changing the word. If the word occurs again,
- spell check will stop at it.
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- A notification prompt appears when no more misspelled
- words are found.
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- 3.1.2. Restricting spell checking
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- To restrict spell checking to a section of your document,
- first define the search area and then enable restricted
- spell checking.
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- To define the restricted search area:
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- * Select the section of the document to be spell checked.
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- * Choose Spelling from the Tools menu.
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- * Click on the [Set Restriction] button.
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- The restricted search area is now defined. Spell checking
- will be restricted to this area when restricted spell
- checking is turned on, even if another area of the document
- is selected.
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- To turn on restricted spell checking:
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- * Turn on the Restrict check box in the Check Spelling
- dialog box. Now, you can proceed with spell checking.
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- 3.1.3. Choosing a spell checking language
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- HoTMetaL PRO includes system dictionaries for both American
- English and British English. System dictionaries cannot
- be edited. The default is American English, unless you
- specified otherwise during the HoTMetaL PRO installation.
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- To switch to British English:
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- * There are two parts to this procedure. First, open
- the file hmpro4.ini in a text editor and find the line:
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- spell_checking_language=AMERICAN
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- * Change it to:
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- spell_checking_language=BRITISH
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- * Save the file.
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- Then, change the supplementary dictionary and user dictionary
- options to British English:
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- * Choose Options... on the Tools menu.
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- * Click on the Spelling tab.
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- * Click on the [Choose...] button beside the User dictionary
- text box and select the file userb.dct in the lib\spell
- folder in the HoTMetaL PRO folder.
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- * Delete the supplementary dictionary hmpro4.dct by
- selecting it, and clicking on the [Delete] button.
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- * Add the supplementary dictionary hmpro4b.dct by clicking
- on the [Add] button and selecting the file from the
- lib\spell folder in the HoTMetaL PRO folder.
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- * Click on [OK].
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- * Close HoTMetaL PRO and start it again.
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- 3.1.4. Loading a user dictionary
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- You can add your own list of words to a personal user
- dictionary. This is a way to avoid having the spell
- checker stop repeatedly for proper nouns and jargon
- that you use regularly.
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- You can load a different dictionary during a HoTMetaL
- PRO session, but only one user dictionary can be loaded
- at a time. The default user dictionary is the file user.dct,
- located in the lib\spell folder in the HoTMetaL PRO
- folder.
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- To select a default user dictionary:
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- * Choose Options... from the Tools menu. The Options
- dialog box appears.
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- * Click on the Spelling tab.
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- * Click on [Choose...] to select a user dictionary.
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- To create a new user dictionary or load an existing
- user dictionary:
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- * Choose Edit Dictionary... from the Tools menu.
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- * If no dictionary is currently loaded, the Load Dictionary
- dialog box appears. If there is a dictionary loaded,
- the Edit Dictionary dialog box appears. Click on the
- [Load Dictionary...] button. The Load Dictionary dialog
- box appears.
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- * Select the name of the dictionary you want to load.
- If you enter the name of a file that does not exist,
- you will be prompted to create a new dictionary.
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- User dictionaries are binary files and cannot be modified
- with a text editor.
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- To edit a dictionary:
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- * Create or load the user dictionary. The Load Dictionary
- dialog box appears.
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- * Choose Edit Dictionary.... The Edit Dictionary dialog
- box appears, containing a list of words in the current
- user dictionary.
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- * To add a word to the dictionary, type the word in
- the Word text box and click on the [Add Word] button.
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- * To delete a word from the dictionary, click on the
- word in the list and then click on the [Delete Word]
- button.
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- You can also add words to the user dictionary as they
- are found by the spell checker.
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- Changes to the user dictionary will be saved automatically
- when you exit HoTMetaL PRO, save the current file, or
- switch dictionaries.
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- 3.1.5. Supplementary dictionaries
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- You can specify up to 24 supplementary dictionaries,
- or lexicons, of specialized terminology for your specific
- field. Unlike user dictionaries, supplementary dictionaries
- cannot be modified during a spell checking session.
- Supplementary dictionaries are created and edited using
- Edit Dictionary, like other dictionaries.
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- Enter the names of supplementary dictionaries that you
- want to use in the Spelling section of the Options dialog
- box. HoTMetaL PRO includes a default supplementary dictionary
- containing Internet-related terms, hmpro4.dct.
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- 3.2. Using the thesaurus
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- HoTMetaL PRO includes an online thesaurus. You can look
- up a word in your document and display meanings for
- that word. You can also view any of the following lists
- of related words:
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- * Synonyms - Words that have the same or similar meaning
- as the current selection.
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- * Antonyms - Words that have the opposite or near opposite
- meaning to the current selection.
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- * Related Words - Words that have similar meanings,
- but are not as close as synonyms.
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- * Contrasted Words - Words that oppose the current selection,
- but are not direct opposites.
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- * See Also - Words that describe ideas related to the
- current selection.
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- To look up a word in the thesaurus:
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- * Highlight the word in the document to look up.
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- * Do one of:
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- 1. Choose Thesaurus... from the Tools menu.
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- 2. Type[ Shift+F7].
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- 3. Click on the {Thesaurus} toolbar button.
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- The Thesaurus dialog box appears, with the selection
- listed at the top. If the thesaurus does not contain
- the selected word, a message appears to indicate this.
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- * To see another meaning for the selected word, click
- the [Next Meaning] button.
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- * To view a list of related words, select the type of
- list from the menu. If you want to replace the current
- selection with a word from one of these lists, click
- on the word in the list or type any word into the Replace
- with text box and then click on the [Replace] button.
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- * If you want to view thesaurus information for a new
- word, select the word in the document and click on the
- [Get Word] button.
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