Spelling Check Preferences

Use this form to set the preferences for the spelling check feature.

Options Reference

Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.

Case sensitive

Select this option if Greentree Desktop should treat the same word spelled using upper case and lower case letters as different words. For example, if you select this option, the words Greentree, GREENTREE and greentree are considered to be different words. If you don't select this option, Greentree Desktop considers these words to be identical.

Phonetic suggestions

Select this option to suggest replacements for misspelled words based on phonetic similarity using English pronunciation

Typographical suggestions

Select this option to suggest replacements for misspelled words based on typographical similarity.

Note: Select either Phonetic suggestions or Typographical suggestions.

Auto correct

Select this option to correct a word when it's misspelled. The correction can be automatic — for example alwyas or alwasy is corrected to always. In some cases, Greentree Desktop prompts you for the replacement word before making the change.

Suggest split words

Select this option to suggest splitting words when the word is not valid, but the words within it are. For example, if this option is selected, the spelling checker suggests Green tree as an alternative to the word Greentree.

Report double words

Select this option to report when the same word is entered twice, one after the other.

Ignore UPPERCASE words

Select this option to ignore all words typed in uppercase letters.

Ignore words with numbers

Select this option to ignore words that contain a mixture of letters and number. For example, if this option is selected, the word Win10 is ignored.

Ignore words with mixed case

Select this option to ignore words that contain a mixture of upper and lower case letters. For example, if this option is selected, the word eReporting is ignored.

Ignore internet and email addresses

Select this option to ignore text that displays to be a domain name, email address, or URL. For example, if this option is selected, www.myob.com is ignored.

Custom dictionaries

You can find the English dictionaries for spell checking in the system \bin folder. These include American, British, and Canadian English files - the preference is assigned at a company level using the Company Maintenance form. You can add custom dictionaries if required, separated by a semi-colon.

To create a custom dictionary for a company that uses specific terms, have one user add all the terms into the dictionary using the Add function. Once the words are added to the user's dictionary, there is a dictionary in the user's \bin folder called userdic.tlx.

You can rename this file and copy it to the \bin folder. The file is copied to each user's computer when Greentree Desktop is next run. Enter the name of the new dictionary into the Custom dictionaries section on the User Preference form, and then all users has access to the dictionary.

If you are running Greentree Desktop as a multi-user system, if users share the same \bin folder, there is only be one user dictionary that all the users words is added to.

Note: You can also purchase custom dictionaries for specific business sectors — for example, hospital/medical.