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How to have spell-checking in Write Activity on Sugar 0.96.2 (view source)
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= What is spell-checking good for =
== What is spell-checking good for ==
Spell-checking can help children with writing disabilities/dyslexia improve their writing speed.
Spell-checking can help children with writing disabilities/dyslexia improve their writing speed.
Since there is a minimum speed that children need to have to follow the meaning within the writing, spell-checking can make the difference between writing-without-understanding and writing-and-understanding.
Since there is a minimum speed that children need to have to follow the meaning within the writing, spell-checking can make the difference between writing-without-understanding and writing-and-understanding.
= Spell-checking in the DEFAULT language of Sugar =
== Spell-checking in the DEFAULT language of Sugar ==
To enable spell-checking in Write for the a document in a language that IS the DEFAULT language of Sugar, install (as suggested at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-247039.html, and choosing Aspell as a spell-checker) the packages
To enable spell-checking in Write for the a document in a language that IS the DEFAULT language of Sugar, install (as suggested at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-247039.html, and choosing Aspell as a spell-checker) the packages
# yum install aspell aspell-<the code of the default language on your Sugar> enchant-aspell
# yum install aspell aspell-<the code of the default language on your Sugar> enchant-aspell
= Spell-checking in the rest of the languages =
== Spell-checking in the rest of the languages ==
To enable spell-checking in Write for the a document in a language that IS NOT the DEFAULT language of Sugar, follow the instructions at
To enable spell-checking in Write for the a document in a language that IS NOT the DEFAULT language of Sugar, follow the instructions at
Then restart the Write Activity for that document, and spell-checking should start working in the non-default language.
Then restart the Write Activity for that document, and spell-checking should start working in the non-default language.
= Getting help from the Spell-checker =
== Getting help from the Spell-checker ==
When a word is marked as incorrect, right-click (if your device allows it) on the word marked as incorrect to get help.
When a word is marked as incorrect, right-click (if your device allows it) on the word marked as incorrect to get help.