The main dictionary is comprehensive but does not contain proper names or specialized words. If you use special words often, you can add them to your user dictionary so Notes recognizes them. The main dictionary used by default in North America is American English (US.DIC), but you can choose another one as your main dictionary, if your version of Notes includes more than one language dictionary. Language dictionaries have the extension .DIC and are located in your Notes\Data directory. The user dictionary (USER.DIC), which is your personal dictionary, is located in your Notes data directory.

Click any of these topics:

• To check spelling in an entire document
• To check the spelling of selected words in a document

1. Put the document in Edit mode.

2. Choose Edit - Check Spelling.

3. For each word Notes does not recognize you can:

• Click Replace after you change the spelling of the word by either entering a different spelling in the "Not in dictionary" field or select a word from the Suggest list.
• Click "Replace All" to change the spelling of all instances of the same word throughout the document.
• Click "Add to dictionary" to keep the spelling of the word and add the word to your user dictionary (Notes recognizes the word the next time it checks spelling).
• Click Skip to skip the present occurrence of the word.
• Click "Skip All" to skip all occurrences of the word.
• Click "Recheck" to recheck the spelling in the document if you choose a different dictionary in the Dictionary list.
• Click "Lookup" to check the spelling of a word that you enter in the "Not in dictionary" field that does not appear in the Suggest list.

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To check the spelling of selected words in a document

1. Put the document in Edit mode.

2. Select the text to check.

3. Choose Edit - Check Spelling.

4. For each word Notes does not recognize you can:

• Click Replace after you change the spelling of the word by either entering a different spelling in the "Not in dictionary" field or select a word from the Suggest list.
• Click "Replace All" to change the spelling of all instances of the same word throughout the document.
• Click "Add to dictionary" to keep the spelling of the word and add the word to your user dictionary (Notes recognizes the word the next time it checks spelling).
• Click Skip to skip the present occurrence of the word.
• Click "Skip All" to skip all occurrences of the word.
• Click "Recheck" to recheck the spelling in the document if you choose a different dictionary in the Dictionary list.
• Click "Lookup" to check the spelling of a word that you enter in the "Not in dictionary" field that does not appear in the Suggest list.

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See Also

Spell checking mail
To add, change, or delete words in your user dictionary
Switching to a different spelling dictionary
Ignoring words that contain numbers or all uppercase letters when spell checking
Spell checking multi-language documents
Spell checking language tagged text in documents
Using the medical supplemental dictionary when spell checking