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      type="topic"
      id="spell_checking">

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</info>

<title>Spell Checking</title>

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

<section>
  <title>Use the spell checking</title>
  <p>
    The spell checking can be activated or disabled via the menu:
    <guiseq>
      <gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
      <gui style="menu">Spell Check</gui>
    </guiseq>
  </p>

  <p>
    Once the spell checking is activated, the misspelled words will be underlined in red.
    A right click on a misspelled word will show proposals.
  </p>

  <p>To change the language, do a right click on the document.</p>
</section>

<section>
  <title>Dictionaries</title>
  <p>
    <link href="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">GtkSpell</link>
    is used for the spell checking in LaTeXila. GtkSpell uses
    <link href="http://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant/">Enchant</link>,
    which uses one or several backends such as Hunspell or Aspell for the dictionaries.
  </p>

  <p>
    So if there is no dictionary for your language, try to know which backend is used by
    Enchant on your system, and install the dictionary for this backend.
    There are most probably packages available for your Linux distribution.
  </p>
</section>
</page>
