Basics: FrontPage 2000
Check Spelling

There are several ways to check your spelling in FrontPage 2000.

By default, FrontPage 2000 will put a wavy red line under all your spelling errors as you type.

When this feature is working, you can right click on the underlined word to bring up a pop-up menu with suggested corrections.

  • When you click on the correct spelling, FrontPage 2000 will automatically correct your error.
  • Click on Ignore All to tell FrontPage to ignore the spelling of the underlined word.
  • Click on Add to add the word to your dictionary.

Spelling pop-up menu

To turn off this feature, choose Tools, Page Options from the menu bar.

The Page Options dialog box will appear.

Page Options, General tab

On the General tab, check Hide spelling errors in all documents.

Click on OK.

There are several ways to initiate a spell check of an entire document:
  • Choose  Tools, Spelling from the main menu or 
  • Click on the F7 key  or
  • Click on the Spelling icon on the Standard toolbar.

The Spelling dialog box will appear and immediately start to check your spelling.

Spelling icon
Spelling icon

Spelling dialog box

When FrontPage 2000 finds a word in your web page that it does not recognize, it displays the word in the Not in Dictionary box. Then FrontPage offers you a best guess of what the word should be, and a list of further suggestions.

If the highlighted word in the Change to box is correct, click on Change.

If one of the words in the Suggestions box is correct, click on that suggestion to bring it up to the Change to box and click on Change.

If your word is properly spelled you can click on Ignore to have FrontPage ignore the word, Ignore All to have FrontPage pass over any additional uses of the word in the web page, or Add to add the word to your dictionary.

When the spell check is complete, FrontPage will display the following message box:

Spell Check is Complete box

Basics: FrontPage 2000
Create or open a Page
Enter and Format Text
Add Headlines and Horizontal Rules

Add a Title and an Address Footer

Check Spelling
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