Using the Spell Checking, Grammar, and Thesaurus Tool

If your company installs the 3rd party spell checker tool, you can use it any text entry field. This spell checker works similar to most spell checkers in word processing or text editing app. The spell checker includes a grammar checker and a thesaurus.

Important: The spell checker window is a 3rd party tool that could change the spell checker, grammar checker, and thesaurus windows at any time without Dassault Systèmes knowledge.

  1. Enter text in a text box.
  2. Click Spell Check.
  3. To use a different language for the spell checker, grammar checker, and thesaurus, select a language from the drop-down menu. The spell checker supports several languages, however, 3DEXPERIENCE platform only supports American English, French, Italian, and German.

    Note: Please note that although 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports Japanese and Chinese, the spell checker does not support these languages.

    The spell check window shows misspelled words show in blue and underlined; the current word shows in bold red and underlined. You can click any blue, underlined word to make it the current word.

  4. In the Suggestions list, click the word you want. When it shows in the Change to box, click Change to. The change is made, and the checker moves to the next misspelled word.

    Note: You can click Finish Checking at any point to save any changes and close the spell checker page.

    When checking a word, you can use any of these tools:

    Button Name Description
    Change to Changes the current word (bold, red, underlined) to the word shown in the Change to box.
    Change All Changes all occurrences of the current word to the word shown in the Change to box.
    Add Adds the word that was considered misspelled to the dictionary.
    Ignore Skips this word.
    Ignore all Ignores this instance of the current word, and all future instances of the current in this text box.
    Options Lets you set options and create a custom dictionary. See step 6.
    Finish Checking Closes the spell checker and copies all spelling changes to the text box.
    Cancel Closes the spell checker window. If you made any corrections in this window, those corrections are not saved.

  5. To set spell checker options, click Options.
    1. To instruct the spell checker to ignore items, check the boxes you want.
    2. To create a custom dictionary (where new words are added when you click Add in the spell checker), enter a name for your dictionary then click Create.

      To manage your dictionary, you can also use these buttons:

      Button Name Description
      Create Creates a new dictionary with the name entered in the text box.
      Delete Deletes the dictionary named in the text box.
      Rename Changes the name of the active dictionary to the one entered in the text box.
      Restore If your dictionary is not active, loads the dictionary entered in the text box.

    3. Click Ok.
    The options page closes and you see the spell checker page.
  6. To check the grammar:
    1. Click Grammar.
      The tool highlights any grammar errors. The first line of the option box explains the grammar rule that the text violates.
    2. Click the option button for replacement text, then click Change to.

      When checking grammar, you can use any of these tools:

      Button Name Description
      Ignore Skips the phrase.
      Ignore Problem Skips the phrase.
      Change to Changes the current word (bold, red, underlined) to the word shown in the Change to box.
      Finish Checking Closes the spell checker and copies all spelling changes to the text box.
      Cancel Closes the spell checker window. If you made any corrections in this window, those corrections are not saved.

  7. To look up a related word:
    1. Click Thesaurus.

      The tool highlights words in its dictionary that you can look up in the thesaurus.

    2. Click the word you want to work with.
    3. If the word has multiple meanings or usages (such as a noun or verb), click an item in the category list that matches the needed usage.
    4. Click the synonym you want to use.
    5. Click Change to.
  8. Click Finish Checking.