Chapter 5. Using the Writing Tools

by Laura Acklen

In this chapter

Spell Checking a Document

Checking the Grammar in a Document

Using WordPerfect’s Thesaurus

Using the Dictionary

Switching to a Different Language

Searching for Text by Using Find and Replace

Unleashing the Power of QuickCorrect

Setting Up QuickWords

Using Variables

Troubleshooting

Spell Checking a Document

Who would have thought something as simple as a few misspelled words could undermine all your hard work? Save yourself (or your boss) the potential embarrassment by running Spell Checker on every document, no matter how short, before you send it off.

In Chapter 1, “Getting Comfortable with WordPerfect,” you learned how to use the Spell-As-You-Go feature to catch misspelled ...

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