SPELL

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See Also

Check Spelling

Checks spelling in a drawing.

Access Methods

Button

Ribbon: Annotate tab

Text panel

Check Spelling Not available on the ribbon in the current workspace

Menu: Tools

SpellingNot available in menus in the current workspace

Toolbar: Text

Command entry: 'spell for transparent use

Summary

When you enter spell at the Command prompt, the Check Spelling dialog box is displayed. Select the Start button to begin the spelling check.

If Check Spelling is set to Entire Drawing, spelling is checked on model space, then on layouts 1 and 2 in paper space. If a flagged word is identified, the drawing area highlights and zooms to that word.

NoteInvisible text such as text on hidden layers, and hidden block attributes is not checked. Non-uniformly scaled blocks and objects not on the supported annotation scale are also not checked.

Check Spelling Dialog Box

Displays the spelling checker dialog box that picks and displays the wrongly spelt words and suggests alternate words.
Check Spelling Settings Dialog Box

Provides options to change the way the default behavior of the spelling checker dialog box.
Dictionaries Dialog Box

Displays the installed dictionaries and allows you to edit the custom dictionary.
Manage Custom Dictionaries Dialog Box

Manages your custom dictionaries allowing you to add or remove a dictionary.

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