How to Use Spell Check in Adobe Acrobat

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With Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, you can easily check the spelling of PDF documents using the spell check tool. This makes quick work of proofreading a document for spelling mistakes. Follow the steps below to find out how you can use spell check in Adobe Acrobat.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Step1

Start Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional and open the PDF document to which you would like to check the spelling.

Step2

Choose the "Edit" menu, point to "Check Spelling" and click "In Comments." The "Check Spelling" dialog box will open into the Acrobat desktop.

Step3

Press the "Start" button in the upper right corner of the "Check Spelling" dialog box to begin the spell check process. If you have any words that are not included in the Adobe Acrobat dictionary, they will be brought up into the "Word not found" text box area at the top of the dialog box.

Step4

Click the "Ignore" button to ignore the misspelling of the word or "Ignore All" to ignore the misspelling of that word every time it appears in the PDF. These options are used when you would like to not use a suggestion used by Acrobat and keep the original spelling.

Step5

Select a word from the "Suggestions" text box to replace a misspelled word with one from the text box. Click the "Change" button to change the misspelling to the selected word or "Change All" to change all instances of the misspelling to the selected word.

Step6

Use the "Add" button to add the misspelling to the Adobe Acrobat dictionary.

Step7

Respond to all instances of misspelling in the same manner you did the first word. When there are no more misspellings, "" will appear in the "Suggestions" text box. Click the "Done" button to close the dialog box and return to your document.