[X Newbies] Spell Check for Mac Mail

[birgit rhoads]

Thank you!  I just started using Mail a little while ago and the 
control click for spelling I was not aware of.  That's neat!  And a 
time saver.  I guess I should always control click for whatever first 
to see what comes up.  Birgit
On Feb 4, 2004, at 8:04 PM, Paul Baily wrote:

>
> On 05/02/2004, at 1:31 am, Noel Westerlind wrote:
>
>> When I type an eMail, the incorrectly spelled words
>> are underlined but no suggested spelling comes up like other mail 
>> programs.
>
> If you control-click (or right-click with a multi-button mouse) 
> anywhere on the underlined word, you'll get a pop-up menu. At the top 
> of the menu will be any suggestions the spell checker has for that 
> word, along with options to either learn or ignore that spelling.
>
> As an aside, another tool you might find handy is a Services menu 
> friendly thesaurus which can also take guesses at spelling. There are 
> many good ones to pick from, Nisus Thesaurus is I think a really 
> elegant version:
>
> <http://www.nisus.com/Thesaurus/>
>
> How it works in the context of Mail (and many other apps) is you 
> highlight a word, hit the keyboard shortcut for Nisus Thesaurus or 
> choose it from the Services menu, and you have more info on that word 
> than you ever wanted.
>
> Paul.
>
>
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