Spell check a presentation

Spell check a presentation

Spelling errors can happen in even the most well-written documents. We all know the embarrassment of presenting a slideshow only to, too late, catch some error as it projects on the big screen. To help avoid such instances, Zoho Show provides a thorough Spell Check feature. This feature is set to ON by default, and checks everything that you write against a built-in dictionary, which can check more than 80 languages. As you write, the spell checker will underline suspected mistakes with red-dotted lines. You can also use this tool to review the entire to document at any time and go through the errors one-by-one. 

To correct spelling as you type

Right-click on the word underlined with red-dots. A dropdown menu will appear with the following options:
  • Choose the word you want to use from the list of suggested words. This will replace the misspelled word with the new suggestion.

  • Click Ignore to ignore the currently underlined word. Although the spellchecker will ignore this instance, it will continue to underline it if it repeats anywhere else in the document.

  • Select Ignore All to ignore the underlined word throughout the presentation.
     
  • Select Check Now and choose Ignore to ignore the underlined word or Change to change the current word in the slide. Alternatively, you can also choose Ignore All or Change All to check the ignore or change the current word in the  entire presentation in one session instead of correcting the spelling one by one while creating a presentation.

  • Click Add to Dictionary when you know that the original word is spelled  correctly and you plan to continue using it with the current spelling. The word will be added to your personal dictionary and will no longer appear as a spelling mistake in future projects.

         

To spell check the entire document

1. Select the REVIEW mode in the right pane and choose Tools.
You will see the spell checker is automatically enabled to check for spelling errors in the preferred language.
 
2. Click Check Now. The spell check dialogue box will then show the first misspelled word in underlined in red on the slide.
You will be presented with the following options:
  • Select Ignore to ignore the currently underlined word. Although the spellchecker will ignore this instance, it will continue to underline it if it repeats anywhere else in the document.

  • Click Ignore All from the drop down to ignore the word throughout the presentation. 

          
  • Select the correct word from the suggestion list under from the Change To box and click the dropdown to do one of the following: 
  • Click Change to accept the selected word from the suggestion list.
  • Click Change All to change all instances of the misspelled word in the presentation.
           
  • Select Add to Dictionary when you know the word is correctly spelled. The word will be added to your personal dictionary and will no longer appear as a spelling mistake in future projects. 
3. Select Check Now to move on to next misspelled word and repeat the previous steps.
When the spell checker does not find any more errors in the presentation, a pop-up will inform you that the check is complete.


Spell Check in Different Languages.

If your presentation contains text in more than one language, then you can use the appropriate dictionaries to spell check these languages. This will change the default language and set the dictionary to the specific language you want. Zoho Show identifies and spell checks 87 different languages.
 
To spell check another language,
1. Select the REVIEW mode in the right pane and choose Tools.


 
2. Choose the desired language from language dropdown.
This will sync the program's custom dictionary with the selected language to spell check the document.


The spell checker is automatically enabled to check for spelling errors in the preferred language.
3. Fix the error using the steps under the topic Spell Check Your Presentation.
Only the document owner has the right to change the preferred language. The language option is invisible to the shared users.

Create Your Personal Dictionary

When you are creating a presentation on a topic that contains specific project terminologies, you might find that a few words appear as misspelled even though they are correct. This is because they are not found in the program's dictionary of the langauge. In such instances, you can create your own Personal Dictionary to include a set of words of your choice and avoid your project terminologies being shown as incorrect. 

To add and remove a word from your dictionary,
1. Select the REVIEW mode in the right pane and choose Tools.


 
2. Select Personal Dictionary. The Personal Dictionary dialogue box will open.  


 
3. Set the document language in the Language box.
 


4. Start adding words to your dictionary as follows:
  • To add a word, enter the new word into the Add New Word text box and click the plus  button.
  • To remove a word, select the word that you wish to remove rom the Custom Word List and click the minus  button.   

       

Turn Spell Check On or Off

Sometimes a document will be so full of jargon or other specialized language that it isn't practical or prudent to continually add or ignore every unrecognized word. During these times, you may wish to turn off the spell check feature.
 
To spell check on or off,
Select the mode REVIEW in the right pane, choose Tools and then enable/disable the Show spelling errors button.



Spell Check-supported Languag

No.

Native Name

Language Code

1

Afrikaans

Afrikaans

af

2

Amharic

አማርኛ

am

3

Arabic

العربية

ar

4

Armenian (Armenia)

Armãneashce

hy_AM

5

Azerbaijani

Azərbaycanca

az

6

Bulgarian (Bulgaria)

Български

bg_BG

7

Bengali, Bangla

বাংলা

bn_BN

8

Catalan

Català

ca

9

Croatian (Croatia)

Hrvatski

hr_HR

10

Czech (Czech Republic)

Česky

cs_CZ

11

Danish

Dansk

da

12

Dutch

Nederlands

nl_NL

13

United States

English(US)

en-US

14

Australia

English(AU)

en-AU

15

Canada

English(CA)

en-CA

16

New Zealand

English(NZ)

en-NZ

17

United Kingdom

English(UK)

en-GB

18

South Africa

English(ZA)

en_ZA

19

Esperanto

Esperanto

eo_l3

20

Estonian (Estonia)

Eesti

et_EE

21

Faroese (Faroe Islands)

Føroyskt

fo_FO

22

Farsi

فارس

fa

23

Fijian

Vakaviti

fj_FJ

24

French (France)

Français

fr-FR

25

Western Frisian

Frysk

fy_NL

26

Galician

Galego

gl

27

German (Germany)

Deutsch(DE)

de-DE

28

German (Austria)

Deutsch(AT)

de-AT

29

German (Switzerland)

Deutsch(CH)

de-CH

30

Greek (Greece)

Ελληνικά

el_GR

31

Gujarati (India)

ગુજરાતી

gu_IN

32

Hebrew (Israel)

עברית

he-IL

33

Hindi (India)

हिन्दी

hi_IN

34

Hungarian

Magyar

hu

35

Indonesian (Indonesia)

Bahasa Indonesia

id_ID

36

Interlingua

Interlingua

ia

37

Irish

Gaeilge

ga_IE

38

Icelandic

Íslenska

is

39

Italian

Italiano

it

40

Kinyarwanda

Kinyarwanda

rw_RW

41

Korean

한국어

ko

42

Latin

Latina

la

43

Latvian (Latvia)

Latviešu

lv-LV

44

Lithuanian

Lietuvių

lt

45

Maori

Māori

mi

46

Malay (Malaysia)

Bahasa Melayu

ms_MY

47

Malayalam (India)

മലയാളം

ml_IN

48

Marathi (Marāṭhī) (India)

मराठी

mr_IN

49

Mongolian

Монгол

mn_MN

50

Nepali

नेपाली

ne_NP

51

Norwegian Bokmål

Norsk (bokmål)

nb_NO

52

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norsk (nynorsk)

nn

53

Northern Sotho (South Africa)

Sesotho sa Leboa

ns_ZA

54

Occitan

Occitan

oc_FR

55

Oriya

ଓଡ଼ିଆ

or_OR

56

Polish

Polski

PL

57

Portuguese (Portugal)

Português(PT)

pt_PT

58

Portuguese (Brazil)

Português(BR)

pt-BR

59

Punjabi

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

pa

60

Quechua (Bolivia)

Qhichwa Simi

qu_BO

61

Romansh

Rumantsch

rw_RW

62

Romanian

Română

ro

63

Russian

Русский

ru

64

Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic

Gàidhlig

gd_GB

65

Serbian

Srpski

sr

66

Slovak

Slovenčina

sk

67

Slovene

Slovenščina

sl

68

Spanish (Castilian)

Español(ES)

es-ES

69

Spanish (Chile)

Español(CL)

es_CL

70

Spanish (Colombia)

Español(CO)

es_CO

71

Spanish (Ecuador)

Español(EC)

es_EC

72

Spanish (Mexico)

Español(MX)

es-MX

73

Spanish (Nicaragua)

Español(NI)

es_NI

74

Spanish (Peru)

Español(PE)

es_PE

75

Spanish (Puerto Rico)

Español(PR)

es_PR

76

Spanish (Uruguay)

Español(UY)

es_UY

77

Swedish (Sweden)

Svenska

sv_SE

78

Swahili (Kenya)

Kiswahili

sw_KE

79

Tamil (India)

தமிழ்

ta_TA

80

Tswana (South Africa)

Setswana

tn_ZA

81

Tsonga

Xitsonga

ts_ZA

82

Ukrainian

Українська

uk

83

Uzbek (Latin) (Uzbekistan)

O'zbek

uz_UZ

84

Venda

Tshivenḓa

ve_ZA

85

Vietnamese

Tiếng Việt

vi_VI

86

Xhosa (South Africa)

isiXhosa

xh_ZA

87

Zulu (South Africa)

isiZulu

zu-


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