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When entering transactions or item information, you can check your spelling in most text fields, including memos, descriptions, addresses and item names.
You can set a preference to automatically check spelling, otherwise you can manually check spelling as you enter transactions or item information by clicking Spell.
When you check the spelling in a field, the Spelling window appears with a number of options and fields.
You can also customise your spelling preferences in the Spelling Options window. For example, you can change the main dictionary language and choose a preference to ignore words that include numbers.
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.
- 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.
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.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Not in Dictionary | This field displays the word that's been identified as misspelled. |
| Change to | You can type the correct word in this field or click on a suggested word. |
| Suggestions | This field displays a list of suggested replacement words. To replace the misspelled word, select a word in the list and then click Change. |
| Ignore | Click to skip the word. |
| Ignore All | Click to skip every instance of the word in the field being checked. |
| Add | Click to add the word to the selected dictionary. You might use this function if a correctly spelled word you use often is reported as a misspelling – like a customer or supplier name. |
| Change | Click to replace the word with a suggested word. |
| Change All | |
| Cancel | |
| Undo Last | |
| Options | Click to open the Spelling Options window, where you can customise your spell check options. |
In this window you can customise the way spelling is checked, including which dictionary you use and whether certain word formats are ignored.
FAQs
If the spell check in AccountRight is highlighting all words as incorrect, check the language settings on your computer.
Windows 8
- Close all programs.
- Right-click in the screen's bottom-left corner and choose Control Panel.
- Click Language.
- If the language is not set to English (Australia), English (New Zealand), English (United States), or English (United Kingdom), click Add a language.
- Select the applicable language from the list then click Add.
- The new language will now be listed with the original language. Click the original language then click Remove.
- Follow any instructions given by your computer.
Windows 7
- Close all programs.
- Click the Windows Start button then click Control Panel.
- Click Region and Language.
- Click the Keyboards and Languages tab.
- Under Display language, if the language is not set to English (Australia), English (New Zealand), English (United States), or English (United Kingdom), select one of these languages from the list then click OK.
- Follow any instructions given by your computer.
If you can't add new words to the user dictionary because the Add button is disabled, or a message displays 'Can't add word to user dictionary', it's likely caused by insufficient permissions on the folder where the AccountRight user dictionary files are stored.
You can fix this by modifying the permissions on this folder.
To modify folder permissions
To complete these steps, log into your computer as an administrator or a user with administrator privileges.
Simultaneously press the Windows
and E keys on your keyboard (the Windows key is between the Ctrl and Alt keys). The Windows Explorer window appears.Locate the folder which contains the user dictionary files. This depends on whether you're using the AccountRight PC or Server Edition.
If you're using the dictionary files are here
(where <user.name> is the name of the Windows user, and 20XX.X refers to your AccountRight version)
PC Edition C:\Users\<user.name>\AppData\Local\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X Server Edition C:\ProgramData\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\AU (Australia only)
C:\ProgramData\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\NZ (New Zealand only)
- Right-click the applicable folder (20XX.X for PC Edition, AU or NZ for Server Edition) and choose Properties.
- Click the Security tab.
- Click Edit.
- Click the user's name (or the Users group) then select the Allow checkbox for Full control. Here's our example:
- Click OK, then click OK to the next window.
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