You can check the spelling of the entire document or of selected words in a document. The spell checker uses a default dictionary and a user dictionary that you can customize by adding words

The spell checker does not check single-character words (such as "a"), text that does not contain letters (such as 75% or 23), or words that contain more than 64 characters.

1. Put the document in Edit mode.
2. Click Tools > Spell Check (optionally to check spelling only on part of the document, select the text first).
3. For each word that is not recognized you can do any of the following:



Task	Steps
Replace one or all of the occurrences	Select a suggested replacement or type a replacement in the Replace with field. Optionally click Lookup to look for a replacement. Click Replace or Replace All.
Add the word to your user dictionary	Click Add to Dictionary.
Skip one or all of the occurrences	Click Skip or Skip All
Add or remove a word from your user dictionary	Click Edit Dictionary. Add, delete, or update the spelling of a word.
Switch to a different dictionary when a language-tagged word is reached	Select a dictionary from the Dictionary list. Click Recheck.
Continue checking in a language dictionary until an untagged (default) word is reached.	Click the Spelling Options twistie. Check Keep on the fly dictionary changes until the next language tag change. Note: This option reflects your Spell Check preferences, but you an change it here for this instance of spell checking.
Ignore words containing numbers or in all uppercase letters	Click the Spelling Options twistie. Check the appropriate option. Note: These options reflect your Spell Check preferences, but you can change them here for this instance of spell checking.