Spellchecking
The iPad’s virtual keyboard offers a limited form of spellchecking that flags possibly misspelled words with a red underline. You must first tap a possibly misspelled word, and then the virtual keyboard displays a list of possible correct spellings.
To see how to spellcheck text, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Notes. The Notes screen appears.
Type Greeetings. (Make sure you deliberately misspell the word by typing three e s.) The misspelled word appears with a dotted line underneath to identify it as a possible misspelling, as shown in Figure 5-9.
Tap the word. A menu appears, listing possible correct spellings, as shown in Figure 5-10.
Tap the correct spelling, and your iPad replaces your word.
Figure 5-9. Possible misspelled ...
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