- Created by BrianQ, last modified by Rachael Mullins on Mar 31, 2015
You are viewing an old version of this page. View the current version.
Compare with Current View Page History
« Previous Version 14 Next »
https://help.myob.com/wiki/x/LINs
How satisfied are you with our online help?*
Just these help pages, not phone support or the product itself
Why did you give this rating?
Anything else you want to tell us about the help?
When entering transactions or item information, you can check your spelling in most text fields, including memos, descriptions, addresses and item names.
You can choose to set a preference to automatically check spelling or manually check spelling. To manually check spelling, click Spell.
When you check the spelling in a field, the Spelling window appears. For information about the options you can select in this window, see 'The Spelling window' below.
You can also customise your spelling preferences. For example, you can change the main dictionary language and choose a preference to ignore words that include numbers.
- Go to the Setup menu and choose Preferences. The Preferences window appears.
- Click the Windows tab.
- If you want to automatically check spelling select the Automatically Check Spelling in Text Fields Before Recording Transactions option.
- If you want to customise your spelling preferences, click Spelling. The Spelling Options window appears.
- Select your preferences and click OK.
For more information, see 'The Spelling Options window' below.
In this window you can correct a word that's identified as misspelled by replacing it with a suggested word or by changing the spelling. If you know the word is correct, but it isn't recognised by the default dictionary, you can ignore the word or add it to the dictionary. The section at the top of the window displays the text being checked.
The options and fields in the Spelling window are described below.
This window enables you to customise the way spelling is checked, including which dictionary you use and whether certain word formats are ignored.
Option | Description |
---|---|
Ignore words in uppercase (e.g., MYOB) | Select this option to ignore words that contain all capital letters. |
Ignore words in mixedcase (e.g., AccountRight) | Select this option to ignore words that contain mixed capital and lowercase letters. |
Ignore words with numbers (e.g., Code231) | Select this option to ignore words that contain a mix of letters and numbers, for example, item numbers. |
Ignore repeated words (e.g., the the) | Select this option if you don’t want to check for words that appear twice in a row. |
Ignore e-mails (e.g., abc@xyz.com) | |
Ignore web sites (e.g., xyz.com) | |
Custom dictionary | Click Edit to make changes to the list of words in your custom dictionary. |
International dictionaries | Select the dictionary language you want to use. You can choose from English (United States), English (United Kingdom), English (Australia) and English (New Zealand). |
OK | |
Cancel | |
Apply |
Want to turn off spell-check?
Go to Setup > Preferences > Windows tab and deselect the Automatically Check Spelling in Text Fields Before Recording Transactions option.