Ah ok. I'll just spellcheck the thing every nce ihn a while then. Ah well.
Thanks. Yeah it wasa switching issue. I run both os's now so am confused once in a while. lol. Tc S On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:50 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hum, this sounds like a switching issue. In windows, you could often > highlight a selection and press f7 or some such to make it spellcheck the > selected text. > > Mac doesn't work that way. If you have the feature turned on, it will tell > you as you read back that a word is misspelled. Or, if you have your > keyboard echo set to words as I have, it will tell you a word is misspelled > when you complete it by pressing the space bar.. If you want to check that > word, you highlight it and press control option shift M, and choose the > correct spelling from the popup menu. > > I find the notifications about misspelled words get in my way occasionally > but other than that, it's a highly streamlined system and my writing has > improved because of it. > > Hope this helps, > > Erik Burggraaf > APlus certified technician and user support consultant > Call toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > Visit my all new website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2010-04-20, at 1:07 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Oh there's no way to just check a selection of text then? because in the web >> forms command collen is the onl way to go as it looses focus and I end up in >> the search iin spotlite menu. >> >> Tc >> On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Jessica and Goldina wrote: >> >>> hey Sarah, >>> command shift semicolon will spellcheck the entire document. you can do it >>> manually word by word with command semicolon and then VO shift m to bring >>> up the contextual menu for the list of suggestions. >>> peace and positivity >>> Jessica and Goldina >>> follow me on Twitter: >>> http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >>> >>> On 2010-04-19, at 7:30 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> Hello to all. How do I spell check a selection in text edit or anywhere? >>>> >>>> I selected the text and hit command shift semicolon and it spellchecked >>>> the document not the selection. Did I do something wrong? >>>> >>>> thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sarah Alawami >>>> marri...@gmail.com >>>> msn: chell...@hotmail.com >>>> website: http://music.marrie.org >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/marrie1 >>>> podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com/feeds >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
