Hi,

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 01:40, Brian Barker wrote:
> [...]
> At 16:44 24/07/2009 -0400, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
>>
>> In haste, I transposed a couple of letters in a city name (Tucson) and the
>> transposition (Tuscon) fails to trigger the spellchecker.
>
> "Tuscon" isn't in the English (UK) dictionary, and I doubt it is in the
> English (USA) one either.  So if it is not being marked as wrong by the
> spelling checker (and if I understand you correctly), it is likely that you
> have either added it to one of the dictionaries - probably "standard" - or
> else to the Ignore All list.  You merely have to correct that.
>
> o  Go to Tools | Options... | Language Settings | Writing Aids.
> o  Under "User-defined dictionaries", click on IgnoreAllList or each of the
> dictionaries, as required.
> o  In each case, click Edit... and look for the rogue entry for "Tuscon".
> o  When you find it, select it and click Delete.
>
> No need to go "outside [Writer]".

... or go to the same place "User-defined dictionaries" →

(1) Click "New..."

(2) [Window: New Dictionary]
- Name [for example]: never_en-US
- Language: English (USA)
- [X] Exception (-)
- Click "OK"

(3) [Window: Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids]
- Select your new dictionary "never_en-US (-) [English (USA)]"
- Click "Edit..."

(4) [Window: Edit Custom Dictionary]
- Insert →
- Word: Tuscon
- Replace By: Tucson
- Click "New" > "Close"

(5) [Window: Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids]
- Don't forget to activate your new dictionary [X] [check mark]
- Click "OK"

(6) Tuscon is marked as misspelled now ...

See also →
Help (F1) - Index: dictionaries;editing user-defined

Manfred

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