Customizing the writing tools

You can customize how the spelling checker checks spelling in a document. For example, you can choose how the spelling checker starts and whether it searches for misspelled words, irregular capitalization, duplicate words, and words with numbers.

You can customize the thesaurus to look up words or close automatically. The thesaurus can also be customized to suggest spelling suggestions for misspelled words and display multiple alternative word lists.


Customizing lookup options

The thesaurus lets you customize lookup options for synonyms, antonyms, related words, related information, and cross-references. You can also look up hypernyms, hyponyms, and phrases. However, not all languages support all look up-options. For information about which languages support which look up options, see “Languages and supported lookup options.”

You can specify that the thesaurus looks up synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are words with the same meaning. For example, if you look up “happy,” Thesaurus lists words such as “glad,” “carefree,” and “lighthearted.” Antonyms are words with an opposite meaning. For example, if you look up “slow,” the thesaurus lists words such as “fast,” and “quick.”

You can specify that the thesaurus looks up related words and related information on a word. Related words are words that have a similar meaning to the word you look up. Related information lists all words associated to the genus of a word. For example, the related information of “tree” includes “plants,” “leaves,” “gardening,” “pruning,” and “roots.”

You can specify that the thesaurus looks up hypernyms and hyponyms. Hypernyms display the superordinate of a word. For example, the hypernym of “branch” is “tree.” Hyponyms display the subordinate of a word. For example, the hyponym of “animal” is “cat.”

You can specify that the thesaurus looks up cross-references and phrases. Cross references are useful when you want to look up information from other documents. Phrases give you different meanings of a word. For example, if you look up “time,” the thesaurus suggests phrases such as “it’s about time,” “time to go now,” and “what time is it.”


To set options for the spelling checker

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Click Tools Wordperfect Quattro Pro onestep Customizing the writing tools Spell checker.
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Click Options, and click one of the following:
Auto start
Beep on misspelled
Recheck all text
Check words with numbers
Check duplicate words
Check irregular capitalization
Prompt before auto replacement
Show phonetic suggestions

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Any options you change will be effective the next time you open the spelling checker.

To set options for the thesaurus

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Click Tools Wordperfect Quattro Pro onestep Customizing the writing tools Thesaurus.
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Click Options, and click one of the following:
Auto look up
Auto close
Spelling assist

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Any options you change will be effective the next time you open Thesaurus.

To customize the thesaurus lookup options

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Click Tools Wordperfect Quattro Pro onestep Customizing the writing tools Thesaurus.
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Click Options, and click one of the following:
Synonym
Antonym
Related words
Is a type of
Has types
Is a part of
Has parts
Example

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Not all languages support all look up options. For information about what languages support which look up options, see “Languages and supported lookup options.”

Customizing the writing tools