OpenOffice.org Writer Level 1 Course Material/LESSON 5: Proofing a Document

=LESSON 5: Proofing a Document=

Thesaurus
OpenOffice.org has Thesaurus that helps you with synonym and other meaning of the words

To Use Thesaurus
1.Select a word first 2.Click Tools 3.Select Language  4.Select Thesaurus  5.The window of Thesaurus will show a word you selected for example Talk  Figure 120: Thesaurus Window 6.From the Category of Meaning select other meaning like Speak from the drop menu 7.Click again Speak from the Synonym  8.Talk will be replaced with Speak 9.Click Ok

Spelling
The spell check can be set to automatically check a document as text is entered, which in turn underlines the word with red, wavy line.

To Check Spelling
1.Click Tools 2.Select Spelling  3.The following window is displayed for Spelling  4.Spelling check will highlights words that are not in the dictionary in red. 5.The is a Category for Suggestions of the words that are in the dictionary 6.Select one word for example dog from the list 7.Click Change to change the word 8.Click Close to close the window = Create a New Default Dictionary = You can create a new Dictionary from OpenOffice.org and later add words to you new Dictionary.

To Create a new Default Dictionary
1.Click Tools  2.Select Spelling   3.Click Options Button  4.The following window is displayed  Figure 126: New Dictionary Window 5.Click New from the Window 6.The other window is displayed  Figure 127: New 7.Type the name of the dictionary to be created and choose a language to use (for example My Dictionary ) 8.Click Ok 9.Put a Tick on a new created Dictionary and Click OK  Figure 128: New Word to Dictionary 10.Click Add button to add new words in a New Dictionary 11.Click Close

Check Word Count
Check word count will count all Characters and words on your document as a whole and give you the results

To Use Word Count
1.Click Tools 2.Select Word Count  3.The window will be displayed that display number of words and characters on the document  4.Click OK :