Check spelling

You can disable or enable spell checking in several ways:

•Click the button and run the Settings command from the main menu. In the Settings pane, in the Spelling and grammar block, select the Check spelling checkbox.

•When working in macOS, select Tools > Spelling and grammar > Check spelling command from the command menu.

Enabling or disabling spell checking applies only to the current document and does not affect other open documents.

Check spelling basics:

–The spell check dictionary is automatically selected by the language of the first character in the cell.

–The red wavy line is used to underline:

•Words absent in the selected dictionary.

•Words with spelling mistakes.

–The spell checker runs every time you make changes to the text of the document.

Correct spelling mistakes

If a spelling mistake is detected, a correction is suggested. To do this, follow these steps:

1.Place the cursor over a word or select a word that is underlined with a red wavy line.

2.Right-click the given word directly in the cell or on the Formula bar.

3.In the context menu, select the correct spelling of this word.

If there are no correct spelling variants for the selected word, the context menu displays No suggestions notification.

Disable word underlining

To avoid underlining words recognized by the application as misspelled ones, add these words to the Custom dictionary or to the list of ignored words.

To add a word to the ignore list, follow the steps below:

1.Place the cursor over a word or select a word that is underlined with a red wavy line.

2.Right-click the given word directly in the cell or on the Formula bar.

3.Select Ignore from the context menu.

When you run this command, the underline of the word with a red line disappears. If a word occurs multiple times in a document, the changes are applied to all repetitions on a case-sensitive basis. Such changes are saved within a single document session. When you reopen the document, the spell check is run again.

If the command is applied incorrectly, return to the previous state using the Check spelling command. To do this, follow these steps:

1.Place the mouse cursor on a word or select a word.

2.Right-click the given word directly in the cell or on the Formula bar.

3.Select Check spelling from the context menu.