There are three options for checking your spelling in Fireworkz documents. You may either check as you type, check your whole document in one go when you have finished editing, or select part of your document and check that.
To check your spelling as you type, you will need to select the Auto check option in the Choices dialogue box, accessed through the icon bar (RISC OS) or (Windows) menu.
As you type, each word is checked against the built-in dictionary. When you make a spelling mistake or enter a word which the dictionary does not know your computer will alert you to the mistake by beeping.
You can either:
You may prefer to check spelling at the end of an editing session:
If your document contains many proper names or highly technical vocabulary which is unlikely to be in the standard Fireworkz dictionary.
If you don't want your writing or train of thoughts to be interrupted by the spelling checker.
To check the spelling in your whole document:
You don't have to check your whole document; you can check a selected area, by selecting it and then choosing
from the sub-menu.The dictionaries held inside Fireworkz are divided into four separate sub-dictionaries. They are stored as the following:
RISC OS | Windows | |
Master: |
!Fireworkz.AppData.UK.Dicts |
%ProgramFiles%\Colton Fireworkz\System\UK\Dicts |
MasterC: |
!Fireworkz.AppData.UK.Dicts |
%ProgramFiles%\Colton Fireworkz\System\UK\Dicts |
User: |
Choices:Fireworkz.Dicts |
%APPDATA%\Colton Software\Fireworkz\Dicts |
UserC: |
Choices:Fireworkz.Dicts |
%APPDATA%\Colton Software\Fireworkz\Dicts |
Master and User contain words which can be spelt in upper-case or lower-case;
MasterC and UserC contain words which must have an initial capital.
The dictionaries Master and MasterC are Fireworkz' own dictionary and will not be changed. Any words you add will be added to User (or to UserC if the word has an initial capital).
You can add words to the user dictionary using either of the spelling dialogue boxes. To add words using the Dictionary dialogue box.
You can browse through the dictionary without using it to check spelling. To do this: