Correcting words with old German spellings

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Correcting words with old German spellings

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If, as described in the previous section, you have selected the option Underline old German spellings in blue, German words whose spelling was changed during the spelling reform are indicated with a blue underscore.

To correct one of these underlined words, just change its spelling manually or right-click on the word to open the spell check's context menu.

The context menu contains the following items:

Item

Function

List of
suggestions

All spellings that are correct (according to the reformed German spelling rules) are displayed in the upper part of the menu. If you click on one of them, Write will replace the word in the text with it.

Info

This option opens a dialog box with additional options and information. For more information, see Info command of the spell check.

Ignore word

The option ignores the supposed spelling error and removes the blue underline.

 

Use this option for words that are spelled correctly but should not be learned. When you exit Write, it "forgets" the ignored words.

Add word

This option instructs Write to add the word to the user dictionary.

 

Write remembers such words permanently; they will no longer be underlined in blue (see note!)

Note: Use the command Add word only for those German words underlined in blue that are in fact correctly spelled according to the new German spelling rules. If you allow the addition of words with old spellings, rather than new spellings, you will be supplying Write with incorrectly spelled words.