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Spell Checking

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The Text Editor of Sprintbit File Manager program provides tools that can help you correct mistakes. You can check spelling and grammar in your files at the same time and use suggest corrections automatically while you work.
Checking all the spelling and grammar in a file is useful when you want to proof your text after you finish editing it. You can check for possible mistakes and then confirm each correction.

To use spell checking feature you must have appropriate dictionaries installed.
Sprintbit File Manager can use the following dictionary types:

Open Office dictionaries
The advantages of OpenOffice dictionaries are that they are available for free, and are constantly updated, since they are a part of the open source project.
Sprintbit File Manager is shipped with a few dictionaries preinstalled; English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
If you need to install dictionary for other country or use different dictionary then please go to the OpenOffice web site.
The direct download link to dictionaries
After downloading put the files whenever you want and link them to the software using Dictionaries Manager feature
Simple list
You may use simple word lists as dictionary
Custom
This kind of dictionary can be extended by the user while checking the text. Custom dictionary may be used in conjunction with regular dictionary either OpenOffice or Simple.

How to check the text manually for spelling mistakes:
1. If you speak English, French, Deutsch, Spanish or Italian then you are ready to go otherwise set up your dictionaries using Dictionaries Manager feature.
2. Open a document
3. Click on the Check button located at Text Editor window within Tool page

When the spell checker encounters a word that is not found within available dictionaries, or a duplicated word, the Spelling dialog is invoked.

Buttons in the spelling window are self-explanatory. The Options button enables you to change the spelling options or the language dictionary to be used, and provides access to the custom dictionary editor. The Undo button can cancel the changes, step by step.
When a word is found to be misspelled (that is, not found in the dictionary), then the spell checker generates a list of suggestions - words supposed to replace the mistake. The final choice is always up to the user.
 
How to check the text automatically for spelling mistakes:
Sprintbit File Manager provides a mode that let you check the text as you type. To turn this mode on check the Check When Typing check mark at Text Editor Tools page

Spelling Options



 
Ignore words in upper case
Sets whether the spell checker ignores words in which all letters are uppercase.

Ignore words in MiXedCaSE
Sets whether the spell checker ignores words containing different case letters in positions other than the first
 
Ignore words with numbers
Sets whether the spell checker ignores words that contain numbers
 
Ignore repeated words
Sets whether the spell checker ignores repeated words.

Ignore emails
Sets whether e-mail addresses should be excluded from the check.

Ignore web sites
Sets whether the spell checker ignores the URLs in text.

Edit custom dictionary
When you have custom dictionary set up with your language then the Edit.. button becomes enabled. Clik the button to open a dialog window wher you can add or remove word from your custom dictionary.

International dictionaries
Here from the drop down list you can select the language you want to use when checking your spelling.

 

Dictionaries Manager


The dictionaries manager window is your database of dictionaries. Here you can add or remove dictionaries.


 
Add Entry
Add a dictionary entry into your dictionaries collection. After the entry is added then you can set the dictionary properties:

Dictionary Type
When you click on the cell then you can select from small drop down list one of the following dictionary types:
Open Office
Simple list
Custom

Culture
When you click on the cell then you can select from small drop down list the culture specific settings for the dictionary.
This also sets the dictionary language.
 
Encoding
When you click on the cell then you can select from small drop down list the dictionary text encoding.
 
Dictionary
When you click on the cell then a small Open button will appear on the right side of a cell.
Click on the button to invoke a File Open dialog window where you can select a dictionary file.
 
What files to choose to add as dictionary file? It depends on what dictionary type you have set on Dictionary Type cell.
Open Office
For the OpenOffice dictionary you should choose a downloaded file with an .dic extension like en_US.dic file
Simple list
For the Simple list dictionary you should choose an existing text file with your language words
Custom
The custom dictionary is an addition to the main dictionary
For the Custom dictionary you should choose an existing text file with your language words or create an empty text file and then choose the file.
If specifying the custom dictionary file please set the same culture as you did for the OpenOffice or Simple List dictionaries, setting the culture and encoding identically for the particular main dictionary ensures that the custom dictionary will be liked with the corresponding main dictionary.

Grammar
When you click on the cell then a small Open button will appear on the right side of a cell.
Click on the button to invoke a File Open dialog window where you can select a grammar file.
 
What files to choose to add as grammar file? It depends on what dictionary type you have set on Dictionary Type cell.
Open Office
For the OpenOffice dictionary you should choose a downloaded file with an .aff extension like en_US.aff file
Simple list, Custom
For these dictionaries this step is optional. However if you have a file then you should choose an existing text file with your grammar rules
 
Alphabet
When you click on the cell then a small Open button will appear on the right side of a cell.
Click on the button to invoke a File Open dialog window where you can select an alphabet file.
 
What files to choose to add as alphabet file? It depends on what dictionary type you have set on Dictionary Type cell and this file is optional for all dictionaries.
An alphabet file is a plain text file, containing the letter set used for the current dictionary. It is a string of letter characters found in the dictionary's words. They are intended solely to facilitate the construction of suggestions performed by letter additions and replacements. An upper case letter set is sufficient.
To illustrate this idea, here is an example of the French alphabet:
AÀÁÂÄBCÇDEÈÉÊFGHIÌÍÎÏJKLMNOÓÔÕPQRSTUÙÚÛÜVWXYZ
or
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUV......

Notes:
The dictionary files are loaded and processed on first call to the check routines of the Text Editor. depending of the file size it may take sometimes few long seconds.
However, anytime you change existing dictionary properties or add new then after the call to the spell checker the dictionaries will be reloaded again
 
When setting a path to dictionary you can use also a [MyDocuments] tag which will substitute for the full path of you documents folder and then type the rest of the path manually or use cell right mouse click edit menu. No slash is necessary after the tag.

Delete
Deletes selected dictionaries from your collection