Document Proofing
Zoho Writer comes with a few tools to assist with spelling and word choice. You can check spelling, consult a thesaurus, change your spellcheck language and add new industry-specific words to your dictionary.
How do I turn off spell check?
You can turn spell check on or off as and when you like. If you are working on a professional document, you will definitely want to avoid mistakes. On the other hand, if you are working on a document with transliterated words, spell check can be turned off.
To turn spell check off:
- 1Click the More Options icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
- 2Go to the Tools tab.
- 3Under Proofing, click Spell Check.
- 4Uncheck Show Spelling Errors. Spell Check will be turned off.
Note : To turn on spell check, click Show Spelling Errors. The Spell Check option must be turned on to change or edit options related to this feature, like changing the spell check language or finding the correct spelling.
How do I change the spellcheck language?
You can select from a list of spell check languages in Zoho Writer.
To change the spellcheck language:
- 1Click the More Options icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
- 2Go to the Tools tab.
- 3Under Proofing, click Spell Check.
- 4Click Language. A list of languages will appear.
- 5Select the language you want. The spell check language will be changed.
Note : Spell check must be turned on to make the above selection. If it is turned off, click Show Spelling Errors to turn it on.
How do I add words to the dictionary?
You can add new words to the dictionary so that the spellcheck does not count them as errors.
To add words to the dictionary:
- 1Click the More Options icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
- 2Go to the Tools tab.
- 3Under Proofing, click Personal Dictionary.
- 4Type in the new word in the Add new word field and click Add. The word will be added to your dictionary.
How do I use the thesaurus?
The thesaurus helps you find and replace words with synonyms or other related words.
To use the thesaurus:
- 1Select the word or place the cursor at the start of the word.
- 2Click the More Options icon in the top left side of the screen.
- 3Go to the Tools tab.
- 4Under Proofing, click Thesaurus. A window will appear displaying the selected word, its synonyms and other related words.
- 5To replace the word with one of its synonyms, select the synonym and click Replace.
Note : You can also manually enter any word in the search tab and click Look Up to find alternate words.
