Can the spelling checker be trusted?

[Mike Wickham]

> Starting from a file at the beginning of the book, did Spell Check for 
> entire book. Did not find error.
>

Once FM has checked a paragraph, it marks it so that time will not be wasted 
checking it again, unless the paragraph itself changes. So if the word is 
included in a paragraph that has already been checked and passed, FM will 
not find and flag the word. You can reset this behavior by going to Edit> 
Spelling Checker and clicking on the Dictionaries button. There you will 
find a checkbox for "Mark All Paragraphs for Rechecking." This clears the 
"already checked spelling" flags in the document. The downside is that the 
spelling checker will then refind any words that you checked before, but 
passed without actually adding them to your personal dictionary-- and you 
will be presented with them again.

Another thing to check is the paragraph format holding the word. Go to 
Paragraph Designer> Fonts tab> Language setting. If it is set to "None," FM 
will not check that paragraph for spelling, no matter what you do. Set it to 
a language and FM will use the appropriate language dictionary to check it.

Mike Wickham