How to use the spell checker within Indesign
- September 20th, 2018
- Tutorials
Hello, and welcome to Creative Nerds. We are delighted to have you here. In this InDesign tutorial, we’ll be sharing with you one of the often-overlooked and underutilized InDesign tools, which is the spell checker. It’s surprising how many people are not familiar with this fantastic tool, but worry not, as we are here to guide you through it. We’ll show you step-by-step how to use the spell checker tool and how you can incorporate it into your InDesign projects, making sure that your designs are not only visually stunning but also free of any embarrassing typos or spelling errors. So, get ready to take your InDesign skills to the next level with this indispensable tool!
Tutorial Details:
- Program: Photoshop
- Time estimation: Under 2 minutes
- Difficulty: Beginner
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Transcript:
So, you want to go over to Edit, Spelling, and then there’s an option to choose Check Spelling. This option will go through all of the errors within the document within InDesign, and then you have the opportunity to ignore a spelling error, or you can find an alternative suggested correction.
Option two, which is available to you, is you can also use Dynamic Spelling. This is what I tend to use the most. This enters an underline over all of the incorrect spelling within your document, which you could right-click on, and it will give you an alternative word that you can use instead, or again, you can Use Dictionary to find an alternative word or description to use instead.
And then, option three, you also have Autocorrect. So, this will just auto-correct any errors and spelling mistakes. And then, Use Dictionary will allow you to change any spelling errors to an alternative word.
So, these are the spell-checking tool features available in InDesign. Hope this is a useful tutorial. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned to Creative Nerds for quick tips on how to use InDesign.
