InDesign CC spell check "ignore all" doesn't work

Is anyone having problems with "Ignore All" not working in spell check? I am repeatedly being prompted to check the same word or abbreviation again and again.
Just to be sure it wasn't a result of hidden characters or other variables, I have copied several text frames and spell check prompts for the same terms in both text frames even after clicking "ignore all" for each word the first time through.

I too started having this problem just this week.
I use ID to create user's manuals in which a product model number will show up at least 5 times per document. The "Ignore All" button in spell check has always ignored all instances of a product model number until now. I've noticed that "Ignore All" does not work on any repeated words in any of my documents. I'm not sure what has changed that caused "Ignore All" to stop working.

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Hi, can someone please tell me why the spell check in pages doesn't work. I went to preferences and enabled this auto spell checker and have set the language to british english. But still it doesn't work while it works perfectly in TextEdit.

Hi, can someone please tell me why the spell check in pages doesn't work. I went to preferences and enabled this auto spell checker and have set the language to british english. But still it doesn't work while it works perfectly in TextEdit.

Inspector > Text > More > Language
Only applies to selected text, like making it a particular font.
It is not a setting that sticks. If you continue to paste in text from elsewhere particularly the Internet it will have a different or None language set to it. You need to select it and make it B.E.
Peter

Spell Check "Ignore All" does not.

We are using Hawaiian punctuated spelling of words, added them to our dictionary but Indesign refuses to ignore.
How can I make this actually IGNORE ALL?
I have:
• updated to the most current version
• added my words to the dictionary
• selected my added spelling and selected change all
The word comes back in the spell check box with the same list of suggested spellings.
I select "Ignore all" and InDesign proceeds immediately to the next instance.
The attachment shows the process and two successive Ignore All clicks.

I would be happy to. Where do I send it?
Meanwhile if you use a Pro font and change your keyboard to input in Hawaiian you can create a mini scenario.
Create a block of text and insert "Hawai([option] + [close bracket] keys)i"
http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&r=1&hs=1&e=q-0hdict--00-0-0--010---4----den- -0-000lp0--1en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home---00031-0000escapewin-00&q=Hawai%27i&j=p0&hdid=0&hdds=0
and or " M([option] + [a])noa.
http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&r=1&hs=1&e=q-0hdict--00-0-0--010---4----den- -0-000lp0--1en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home---00031-0000escapewin-00&q=M%E4noa&j=p0&hdid=0&hdds=0
The links will take you to Hawaiian dictionary that shows the correct diacritical spelling.
Copy and paste these a few times then run spell check. It will stop on every instance no matter if you click "ignore all" or add it to the dictionary.
Below is the text that I have modified for using the built in FindChangeByList script.
I created this script to essentially hide these Hawaiian words and our company name from spell check by defining them as "no language."
This is set up to find a some common Hawaiian words and change them to the character style "hawaiian". You will have to create this character style before running FindChange. The "hawaiian" character style has the Advanced Character Formats setting of "no language".
Cut and paste this into the FindChangeList.txt file. It is in the FindChangeSupport folder.
//FindChangeList.txt
//A support file for the InDesign CS4 JavaScript FindChangeByList.jsx
//This data file is tab-delimited, with carriage returns separating records.
//The format of each record in the file is:
//findType<tab>findProperties<tab>changeProperties<tab>findChangeOptions<tab>description
//Where:
//<tab> is a tab character
//findType is "text", "grep", or "glyph" (this sets the type of find/change operation to use).
//findProperties is a properties record (as text) of the find preferences.
//changeProperties is a properties record (as text) of the change preferences.
//findChangeOptions is a properties record (as text) of the find/change options.
//description is a description of the find/change operation
//Very simple example:
//text {findWhat:"--"} {changeTo:"^_"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double dashes and replace with an em dash.
//More complex example:
//text {findWhat:"^9^9.^9^9"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"price"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find $10.00 to $99.99 and apply the character style "price".
//All InDesign search metacharacters are allowed in the "findWhat" and "changeTo" properties for findTextPreferences and changeTextPreferences.
//If you enter backslashes in the findWhat property of the findGrepPreferences object, they must be "escaped"
//as shown in the example below:
//{findWhat:"\\s+"}
// BASIC TEXT CLEANUP
grep {findWhat:" +"} {changeTo:" "} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double spaces and replace with single spaces.
grep {findWhat:"\r "} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a space And replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:" \r"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a space and replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:"\t\t+"} {changeTo:"\t"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double tab characters and replace with single tab characters.
grep {findWhat:"\r\t"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a tab character and replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:"\t\r"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a tab character and replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:"\r\r+"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double returns and replace with single returns.
text {findWhat:" - "} {changeTo:"^="} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all space-dash-space and replace with an en dash.
text {findWhat:"--"} {changeTo:"^_"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all dash-dash and replace with an em dash.
//REVISED 02/26-10
//This script support text file has been edited and compiled by Ken McGuire "http://www.infografik.com" with the help and guidance of Charles Wesley.
//The following unicode words require the usage of PRO fonts.
//NOTE: text find/change of Hawaiian puncuated words requires the use of unicode characters:
//Unicode reference:
//Okina <2018>
//Macron-A <0100>
//Macron-a <0101>
//Macron-E <0112>
//Macron-e <0113>
//Macron-I <012A>
//Macron-i <012B>
//Macron-O <014C>
//Macron-o <014D>
//Macron-U <016A>
//Macron-u <016B>
//Note: grep find/change does not require unicode and can be input directly with Hawaiian keyboard
//// HAWAIIAN ISLANDS and Possessive Forms
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai[ʻ`'’‘]?i"} {changeTo:"Hawai‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Hawai‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Hawai‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Hawai‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaua([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Kaua‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaua‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaua([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Kaua‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Kaua‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaho‘olawe‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Kaho‘olawe‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)lana([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Lana‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Lana‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)lana([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Lana‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Lana‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)mau([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Maui", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Maui.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)mau([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Maui’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Maui’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)moloka([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Moloka‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Moloka‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)moloka([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Moloka‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Moloka‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)o([ʻ`'’‘])?ahu"} {changeTo:"O‘ahu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to O‘ahu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)o([ʻ`'’‘])?ahu([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"O‘ahu’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to O‘ahu’s
// HAWAIIAN PLACES
grep {findWhat:"(?i)haleakal([aā])?"} {changeTo:"Haleakalā", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Haleakalā.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)h([oō])?kule([ʻ`'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"Hōkule‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Hōkule‘a.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)honlulu"} {changeTo:"Honolulu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Honolulu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([aā])?([ʻ`'’‘])?anapali"} {changeTo:"Kā‘anapali", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kā‘anapali.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kailua"} {changeTo:"Kailua", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kailua.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaka([ʻ`'’‘])?ako"} {changeTo:"Kaka‘ako", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaka‘ako.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kona"} {changeTo:"Kona", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kona.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kohala"} {changeTo:"Kohala", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kohala.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([uū])?ki([ʻ`'’‘])?o"} {changeTo:"Kūki‘o", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kūki‘o.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)M([aā?])?noa"} {changeTo:"Mānoa", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Mānoa.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)puak([oō])?"} {changeTo:"Puakō", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Puakō.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)pu([ʻ`'’‘])?u honua o (?i)h([oō])?naunau"} {changeTo:"Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)nu([ʻ`'’‘])?uanu"} {changeTo:"Nu‘uanu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Nu‘uanu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)waik([iī])?k([iī])?"} {changeTo:"Waikīkī", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Waikīkī.
// HAWAIIAN COMMON WORDS
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]Aina"} {changeTo:"‘Aina", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "Aina."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]aina"} {changeTo:"‘aina", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "aina."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]Ahi"} {changeTo:"‘Ahi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘Ahi."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]ahi"} {changeTo:"‘ahi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘ahi."
grep {findWhat:"ahupua([`ʻ'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"ahupua‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ahupua‘a."
grep {findWhat:"Ahupua([`ʻ'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"Ahupua‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of Ahupua‘a."
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kamehameha"} {changeTo:"Kamehameha", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Kamehameha.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai([`ʻ'’‘])?ian"} {changeTo:"Hawaiian", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Hawai‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)maunakea"} {changeTo:"Maunakea", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Maunakea.
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]ohana"} {changeTo:"‘ohana", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘ohana."
text {findWhat:"aloha"} {changeTo:"aloha", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Aloha
text {findWhat:"aumakua"} {changeTo:"<2018>aumakua", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for ‘amakua
text {findWhat:"halau"} {changeTo:"h<0101>lau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for hālau
text {findWhat:"kuleana"} {changeTo:"kuleana", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Kuleana
text {findWhat:"mahalo"} {changeTo:"mahalo", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Mahalo
text {findWhat:"makai"} {changeTo:"makai", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for makai
text {findWhat:"malama"} {changeTo:"m<0101>lama", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for mālama
text {findWhat:"mauka"} {changeTo:"mauka", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for mauka
text {findWhat:"pili"} {changeTo:"pili", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pili
text {findWhat:"pono"} {changeTo:"pono", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pono
text {findWhat:"pupu"} {changeTo:"p<016B>p<016B>", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pūpū
// SPECIES
grep {findWhat:"([ʻ`'’‘])?([oō])?hi[ʻ`'’‘]a"} {changeTo:"‘ōhi‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to ‘ōhi‘a.
grep {findWhat:"roi"} {changeTo:"roi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "roi."
// OKINA APOSTROPHE CLEANUP
grep {findWhat:"['‘]([st])"} {changeTo:"’$1"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} fix ordinary apostrophes
grep {findWhat:"['’]([aeiouāēīōūAEIOUĀĒĪŌŪ])"} {changeTo:"‘$1"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} fix okinas
//FindChangeList.txt
//A support file for the InDesign CS4 JavaScript FindChangeByList.jsx
//This data file is tab-delimited, with carriage returns separating records.
//The format of each record in the file is:
//findType<tab>findProperties<tab>changeProperties<tab>findChangeOptions<tab>description
//Where:
//<tab> is a tab character
//findType is "text", "grep", or "glyph" (this sets the type of find/change operation to use).
//findProperties is a properties record (as text) of the find preferences.
//changeProperties is a properties record (as text) of the change preferences.
//findChangeOptions is a properties record (as text) of the find/change options.
//description is a description of the find/change operation
//Very simple example:
//text {findWhat:"--"} {changeTo:"^_"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double dashes and replace with an em dash.
//More complex example:
//text {findWhat:"^9^9.^9^9"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"price"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find $10.00 to $99.99 and apply the character style "price".
//All InDesign search metacharacters are allowed in the "findWhat" and "changeTo" properties for findTextPreferences and changeTextPreferences.
//If you enter backslashes in the findWhat property of the findGrepPreferences object, they must be "escaped"
//as shown in the example below:
//{findWhat:"\\s+"}
// BASIC TEXT CLEANUP
grep {findWhat:" +"} {changeTo:" "} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double spaces and replace with single spaces.
grep {findWhat:"\r "} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a space And replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:" \r"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a space and replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:"\t\t+"} {changeTo:"\t"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double tab characters and replace with single tab characters.
grep {findWhat:"\r\t"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a tab character and replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:"\t\r"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all returns followed by a tab character and replace with single returns.
grep {findWhat:"\r\r+"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double returns and replace with single returns.
text {findWhat:" - "} {changeTo:"^="} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all space-dash-space and replace with an en dash.
text {findWhat:"--"} {changeTo:"^_"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all dash-dash and replace with an em dash.
//REVISED 02/26-10
//This script support text file has been edited and compiled by Ken McGuire "http://www.infografik.com" with the help and guidance of Charles Wesley.
//The following unicode words require the usage of PRO fonts.
//NOTE: text find/change of Hawaiian puncuated words requires the use of unicode characters:
//Unicode reference:
//Okina <2018>
//Macron-A <0100>
//Macron-a <0101>
//Macron-E <0112>
//Macron-e <0113>
//Macron-I <012A>
//Macron-i <012B>
//Macron-O <014C>
//Macron-o <014D>
//Macron-U <016A>
//Macron-u <016B>
//Note: grep find/change does not require unicode and can be input directly with Hawaiian keyboard
//// HAWAIIAN ISLANDS and Possessive Forms
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai[ʻ`'’‘]?i"} {changeTo:"Hawai‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Hawai‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Hawai‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Hawai‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaua([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Kaua‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaua‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaua([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Kaua‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Kaua‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaho‘olawe‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Kaho‘olawe‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)lana([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Lana‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Lana‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)lana([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Lana‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Lana‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)mau([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Maui", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Maui.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)mau([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Maui’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Maui’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)moloka([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Moloka‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Moloka‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)moloka([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Moloka‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Moloka‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)o([ʻ`'’‘])?ahu"} {changeTo:"O‘ahu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to O‘ahu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)o([ʻ`'’‘])?ahu([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"O‘ahu’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to O‘ahu’s
// HAWAIIAN PLACES
grep {findWhat:"(?i)haleakal([aā])?"} {changeTo:"Haleakalā", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Haleakalā.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)h([oō])?kule([ʻ`'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"Hōkule‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Hōkule‘a.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)honlulu"} {changeTo:"Honolulu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Honolulu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([aā])?([ʻ`'’‘])?anapali"} {changeTo:"Kā‘anapali", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kā‘anapali.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kailua"} {changeTo:"Kailua", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kailua.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaka([ʻ`'’‘])?ako"} {changeTo:"Kaka‘ako", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaka‘ako.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kona"} {changeTo:"Kona", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kona.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kohala"} {changeTo:"Kohala", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kohala.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([uū])?ki([ʻ`'’‘])?o"} {changeTo:"Kūki‘o", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kūki‘o.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)M([aā?])?noa"} {changeTo:"Mānoa", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Mānoa.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)puak([oō])?"} {changeTo:"Puakō", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Puakō.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)pu([ʻ`'’‘])?u honua o (?i)h([oō])?naunau"} {changeTo:"Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)nu([ʻ`'’‘])?uanu"} {changeTo:"Nu‘uanu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Nu‘uanu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)waik([iī])?k([iī])?"} {changeTo:"Waikīkī", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Waikīkī.
// HAWAIIAN COMMON WORDS
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]Aina"} {changeTo:"‘Aina", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "Aina."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]aina"} {changeTo:"‘aina", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "aina."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]Ahi"} {changeTo:"‘Ahi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘Ahi."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]ahi"} {changeTo:"‘ahi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘ahi."
grep {findWhat:"ahupua([`ʻ'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"ahupua‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ahupua‘a."
grep {findWhat:"Ahupua([`ʻ'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"Ahupua‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of Ahupua‘a."
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kamehameha"} {changeTo:"Kamehameha", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Kamehameha.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai([`ʻ'’‘])?ian"} {changeTo:"Hawaiian", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Hawai‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)maunakea"} {changeTo:"Maunakea", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Maunakea.
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]ohana"} {changeTo:"‘ohana", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘ohana."
text {findWhat:"aloha"} {changeTo:"aloha", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Aloha
text {findWhat:"aumakua"} {changeTo:"<2018>aumakua", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for ‘amakua
text {findWhat:"halau"} {changeTo:"h<0101>lau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for hālau
text {findWhat:"kuleana"} {changeTo:"kuleana", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Kuleana
text {findWhat:"mahalo"} {changeTo:"mahalo", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Mahalo
text {findWhat:"makai"} {changeTo:"makai", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for makai
text {findWhat:"malama"} {changeTo:"m<0101>lama", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for mālama
text {findWhat:"mauka"} {changeTo:"mauka", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for mauka
text {findWhat:"pili"} {changeTo:"pili", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pili
text {findWhat:"pono"} {changeTo:"pono", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pono
text {findWhat:"pupu"} {changeTo:"p<016B>p<016B>", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pūpū
// SPECIES
grep {findWhat:"([ʻ`'’‘])?([oō])?hi[ʻ`'’‘]a"} {changeTo:"‘ōhi‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to ‘ōhi‘a.
grep {findWhat:"roi"} {changeTo:"roi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "roi."
// OKINA APOSTROPHE CLEANUP
grep {findWhat:"['‘]([st])"} {changeTo:"’$1"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} fix ordinary apostrophes
grep {findWhat:"['’]([aeiouāēīōūAEIOUĀĒĪŌŪ])"} {changeTo:"‘$1"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} fix okinas
// COMPANY BYPASSES
grep {findWhat:"(?i)info grafik"} {changeTo:"Info Grafik", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} Capitalize Info Grafik.
text {findWhat:"infografik.com"} {changeTo:"infografik.com", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:true}

Spell Check with All Caps Not Working

I feel like i'm missing something that should be pretty easy. I've searched both in the forums and the help file for pages 09, but can't seem to find it. so maybe i'm missing something fairly obvious...
but, i can't figure out how to get pages to do spell check on a word that is in ALL CAPS. For instance, if i type 'bddy' it shows up with a red-line underneath it, but if i type, "BDDY" there is no red-line.
how do i get it to stop skipping the words in all caps?

There's also no mention of this in the Pages '09 User Guide, which I'd go to before the Pages Help files.
Looks like a design choice to assume that anything that is ALL CAPS is to be treated as an acronym.
Your choices seem to be:
1. Don't use all caps, except for acronyms, and check closely that you make no typos in acronyms.
2. Use lower case for acronyms so that the spell checker will flag them. Replace with ALL CAPS when you do a final spell check. (Acronyms that form properly spelled words will need an extra character added to cause the spell checker to flag them.
3. Copy the text you want to check and paste it into an application that will flag acronyms. For word processors, this seems to require one that uses its own dictionary rather than the Mac OS X dictionary.*
4. Do your writing/editing in a word processor fitting the description in #3. Transfer the text to Pages only for formatting (or not at all).
Regards,
Barry
* One such 'application' is the Compose frame in this forum, running on Firefox (I haven't checked it on Safari).
PS: With luck, someone will have a more workable suggestion than the ones above.
PPS: Addition of the option to check or ignore ALL CAPS words in spell checking seems a natural for a feature enhancement request. Got to the "Pages" menu in Pages, choose Provide Pages Feedback, make the request, then be prepared to wait until at least the next full version of iWork to see any results.
B.
EDIT: See, my PS was correct. Peter's suggestion is simpler than some of mine.
B
Message was edited by: Barry

Spell checker for KWrite doesn't work [SOLVED]

How do I enable spell checking for the KDE editors, i.e. KWrite, Kate, etc? I've installed aspell via pacman, it's in /usr/bin which is in my PATH. In KWrite's Settings>Configure Editor>Plugins, there is an option "KTextEditor KDataTool Plugin: Enable data tools like thesaurus and spell check (if installed)" which I've checked. In another distro, that's how I enabled spell checking with aspell, i.e. by checking this box for the spell check plugin. But in Arch this doesn't seem to be sufficient. When I try to spell check a document in KWrite, I get this error:
"The spelling program could not be started. Please make sure you have set the correct spelling program and that it is properly configured and in your PATH."
What else do I need to do?
Robert
EDIT: Sorry, searching this forum for "spellcheck" hadn't yielded any solution but after I posted this I also searched for "spell AND check" and found the solution: I had neglected to pick Aspell as the client for spell checking in Control Center>KDE Components>Spell Checker.
Last edited by RobF (2007-06-10 18:10:36)

[skottish@localhost ~]$ grep -i spell ~/.kde/share/config/*
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:[KSpell]
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:KSpell_Client=1
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:KSpell_DictFromList=1
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:KSpell_Dictionary=
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:KSpell_Encoding=0
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:KSpell_NoRootAffix=0
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:KSpell_RunTogether=0
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:[KSpell]
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:KSpell_Client=1
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:KSpell_DictFromList=1
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:KSpell_Dictionary=
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:KSpell_Encoding=0
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:KSpell_NoRootAffix=0
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals418fla.new:KSpell_RunTogether=0
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kdictrc:Strategies=Spell Check,Exact,Prefix
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kofficerc:[Spelling]
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kookarc:[ocrSpellSettings]
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kookarc:ocrKSpellEnabled=true
/home/skottish/.kde/share/config/kwordrc:[Spelling]

Lost the ability to spell check on all applications

I recently updated my system to Mavericks 10.9.4, since then I have lost the ability for spell checking in all applications. Check spelling while I type is not working and I am unable to check spelling manually through the app menus. Skype, Facebook, Notepad.. you name it, spelling correction functionality is no bueno. Has anyone ever heard of this? I have tried changing languages, booting in safe mode... the only thing I did notice was that the box to check "correct spelling automatically" won't stay checked, but clearly something else is wrong.

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off merely by the seeming complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
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There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to collect information about the state of the computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. However, you should be cautious about running any kind of program (not just a shell script) at the behest of a stranger. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
4. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
5. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
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Indesign CC spell check

I am using indesign CC and when I spell check the document i am working on it indicates that pretty much every word is spelled incorrectly (the aren't) I have check and my dictionary is set to English, however the spell check window indicates that it is set to Tamil (India)

That is THE place you set the language, other than as part of a style definition. Many users are confused by the dictionary options in the application preferences. This does not select a default language or affect the text in any way, it's just where you get to choose which dictionary vendor will be used, when more than one is installed, to spell-check and hyphenate text to which that particular language has been assigned.
As a character-level attribute, you have the ability to assigne the correct language to every bit of text in the document, so if you are mixing in "foreign" words they will be spell-checked according to the correct dictionary.

My spell check in Pages doesn't correct the letter i to capital I ?

my spell check in Pages doesn't correct the letter i to capital I ? i have the prefs checked off to automatically check spelling as i type.

I hate it when people do that. YAY I FIXED IT..... then don't bother to share. You came asking for help, when you found the answer why not help others?

I have slight Dyslexia and find the spell check on all mac products far inferior to microsoft, any advice?

I have slight Dyslexia and find the spell check on all mac products far inferior to microsoft, any advice on any way to improve spell check. I have an Iphone, Ipad and mac bookpro and I find the spell check terrible, I miss typed grammar and wrote grammer, my mac said it had no spelling suggestions, both google and micro soft word corrected the spelling but not my Mac book pro. Any surgestions?

Not very many Outlook users here. You'll to better asking in Microsoft's Office:Mac forums here:
Office for Mac forums

Have IOS5 and new Pages version. Spell check in French does not work

Pages works fine on my IPadI, but how can I get it to spell check in French, used to work fine with other version.
Checked my preferences on my IPad, they are french. What to do?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Checked and yes I did have Pages in French and had the French keyboard checked on my IPad preferences. Your suggestion reminded me of that "world key". Read something about it, long time ago. Never used it before but when I taped it, it brought me a choice of keyboards, so now I can go back and forth from English to French on my Pages texts, and all that without going back to my system preferences!
Thank you for the comment, helped jog my memory.
Regards

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I have been using InDesign for around a month now and now my spell check is not working at all. I have tried replacing preferences, changed dictionaries, created new documents with placeholder text and spell check does nothing at all with all of these things. Please Help

Not all locales come with a dictionary installed for licensing reasons. 
If you do not have the en-US locale then check that you have a dictionary installed (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and selected. 
 
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. 
Also make sure that [X]"Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick. 
You can also try to toggle the "Check Spelling" item off and on again. 
 
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking and [[Using the spell checker]] 
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries

InDesign CC - spell check doesn't work

In InDesign CC when I launch spell check it appears at the top of my screen overlapping the menu bar. If I keep hitting command-I it will find and highlight suspect words, but does not give me any option to change them. Also, the spell check menu will remain at the top of the screen until I quit out of the program. Any suggestions how I can fix this? Thanks!

Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990

InDesign cs6 spell check and master pages

I have created a set of master pages for a template in InDesign cs6. When I create a document from this template and apply "spelling", the spell check goes through every master page before moving to the document. How can I stop spell check from going to master pages unless, of course, the master page is highlighted? I have tried locking all master page objects and have also tried selecting the option of not allowing selection of master page locked objects. I have allowed, and disallowed, the override on master page items Nothing seems to work. I would like "spelling" to apply only the pages in the document, or only the selected page in the document.

If you go to Edit>Spelling>Check Spelling
You get a dialog box - the only options are for All Documents, Current Document, Story, To End of Story, or Selection
These are the options for checking spelling, ignore masters is not an option, unfortunately.
But you can select a range of text and use the Selection option to check the spelling.
Hope that helps.

InDesign CC - Spell check not working.

I can purposefully type a misspelled word in InDesign and the Spell Check doesn't catch it. In fact it doesn't seem to work at all.

Hi
Could you please provide the following information which could help in reproducing the issue at my end.
- Please provide screen shot of the dictionary preferences from following location.
Mac : Indesign->Preferences->Dictionary
Win : Edit->Preferences->Dictionary
- Please confirm whether this issue is also happening with new documents? Can you attach an .indd document with some misspelled words which ID spell check is not able to find.
- Do you have previous version of InDesign installed on your machine ? IF yes, can you tell me which all older version of InDesign are installed on your machine ?
- Please confirm whether Spell check was working fine for you in previous version i.e. in Version 9.1 and issue started when you updated to latest version i.e. ID 9.2.
I really appreciate your cooperation on this.
Thanks & Regards
Dinesh Kukreja

InDesign's Spell Check causes recall of student newspaper at Brigham Young University

This is hysterical. And a great lesson to be learned.
http://tinyurl.com/cd27ep

I agree. It's entirely up to the user to proof read any document going to press/print. Seriously, InDesign does not have predicative typing, predictive sentencing or predictive story, features that come installed like the new imac wheel does http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuVbrm_GqhM
Sure it has a spell checker that doesn't have all the words in the dictionary in there. It can highlight mispelt words and it can offer up suggestions. But it's the end user that has to read the article, highlight the error, select the right word and check that the sentence reads correctly before proceeding.
If anything this is just bad publicity for the University and shows how well they teach their young padawans. I've no sympathy for them.
Reminds me of a time a colleague used OCR when scanning a document and put the text straight into the layout. It got as far as press before someone noticed that the words were all messed up.
You have to take responsibility for your own actions and blaming someone or something else for your own mistakes is just unprofessional.
How people here used the spell checker on the forum when replying to this?

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