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      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic"
      id="spell_checking">

<info>
  <link type="guide" xref="index" />
</info>

<title>Spell-Checking</title>

<synopsis>
  <p>The purpose is to correct spelling mistakes easily.</p>
</synopsis>

<section id="use">
  <title>Use the spell-checking</title>
  <p>
    The default spell-checking settings can be changed in the preferences dialog:
    <guiseq>
      <gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
      <gui style="menu">Preferences</gui>
      <gui style="tab">Other</gui>
    </guiseq>
  </p>

  <p>
    The settings can also be changed on a file-by-file basis via the
    <gui style="menu">Tools</gui> menu.
  </p>

  <p>
    If you activate the <gui style="menu">Highlight Misspelled Words</gui>
    option, the misspelled words will be underlined in red in the document. A
    right click on a misspelled word will show proposals.
  </p>
</section>

<section id="dictionaries">
  <title>Dictionaries</title>
  <p>
    <link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gspell">gspell</link> is used
    for the spell-checking in GNOME LaTeX. gspell uses
    <link href="https://abiword.github.io/enchant/">Enchant</link>, which in
    turn supports several backends such as Hunspell or Aspell for the
    dictionaries. The Aspell backend doesn't work well with gspell, Hunspell is
    preferred. If dictionaries for both Aspell and Hunspell are installed for
    the same language, by default Enchant prefers the Hunspell one.
  </p>

  <p>
    If your language is not listed in GNOME LaTeX, install a dictionary for one
    of the supported Enchant backends (for most languages the best choice is to
    install an Hunspell dictionary).
  </p>
</section>
</page>
