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Using User Word Lists

A word list is a list of words or phrases scanned when you proof your text using the writing tools. Writing tools scan two types of word lists: User Word Lists and Main Word Lists. Each language comes with a default User Word List. User Word Lists can be customized to add, delete or replace words. Main Word Lists are lists of specialized words used by Spell Checker for a particular language, field or company. You can have ten lists of each type active when you use the writing tools. The active User Word Lists are scanned first; if the word or phrase is not found there, the active Main Word Lists are scanned. Main Word Lists are available only in Spell Checker.

For information on how to create Main Word Lists using the Spell Utility click here.

For detailed information on using user word lists, see writing tools in the main online Help.


Choosing a language

You can check the spelling or grammar of dates, time, currency symbols, text or look up a word in a different language.

All languages are integrated into the application. You can add and remove languages in Spell Checker, Grammatik, and Thesaurus. The language feature has options that let you choose from the languages that are already available, and set a default Writing Tools language.

Many of the languages support hyphenation. To check which languages support hyphenation, see the Writing Tools in the main online Help.

For more information on choosing a language, see writing tools in the main online Help.


Using checking styles

A checking style is a preset writing style rule applied to a document. Use a checking style to check a document for a specific type of writing. For example, you can choose the Advertising checking style to check advertising copy or marketing materials. The Advertising checking style is designed to check for mechanics and grammatical accuracy.

You can choose from the following 11 preset checking styles or create your own. Click on any of the following checking styles for more information.

•	Spelling Plus

•	Quick Check

•	Very Strict

•	Formal Memo or Letter

•	Informal Memo or Letter

•	Technical or Scientific

•	Documentation or Speech

•	Student Composition

•	Advertising

•	Fiction

•	Grammar-As-You-Go

You can also customize a checking style by adding, deleting or editing rule classes; setting a maximum number on certain grammar rules, and choosing a formality level. The grammar and style rules can be added, deleted and edited. The maximum allowed feature lets you set a maximum number that Grammatik allows for consecutive nouns, consecutive prepositional phrases, long sentence length, the range of numbers that should be spelled out, and the amount of words allowed in a split infinitive. The formality level allows Grammatik to check a document for strict or relaxed use of language and diction. You can choose from three formality levels, informal, standard, and formal.

For more information on checking styles, see writing tools in the main online Help.


Using rule classes

Rule classes contain groups of grammar and style rules. Grammatik uses rule classes to detect common writing errors.

You can enable or disable rule classes at any time during a Grammatik session. You can also choose which rule classes to apply during a Grammatik session, edit a rule class or save a new set of rules as a Checking Style.

For more information on rule classes and checking styles, see writing tools in the main online Help.


Analyzing a document

Grammatik lets you analyze the grammatical structure of your writing. You can analyze parts of a sentence and parts of speech. When Grammatik analyzes parts of a sentence it assigns a sentence part to each word or group of words. When Grammatik analyzes parts of speech, it assigns a part of speech to each word in a sentence.

Grammatik provides three statistical reports: Basic Counts, Flagged List, and Readability Report. The Basic Counts report analyzes your writing style. The Flagged report displays the types of errors flagged in a document. The Readability report estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand a document.

For more information on analyzing documents, see writing tools in the main online Help.


Using the spelling checker

Spell Checker checks for misspelled words, duplicate words, and irregular capitalization in text selections.

Spell Checker lets you start and close a spell checking session at any time, replace a misspelled word with a suggested word, edit the word manually, or skip the word. You can also add replacements for words to User Word Lists. and Main Word Lists. Main Word Lists are lists of specialized words used by Spell Checker for a particular language, field, or company.

You can use the Spell Utility to create and edit a main word list for your business or field (such as medicine or law). The utility can be used to merge main word lists together and to convert main word lists (formerly called dictionaries) from previous formats. Main Word Lists are available only in Spell Checker.

You can customize Spell Checker settings so that it starts automatically, replaces words, beeps when it finds misspelled words, or offers phonetic word suggestions automatically.

For detailed information on using spelling checker, see writing tools in the main online Help.

For detailed information on using the Spell Utility, click here.


Using Grammatik

You can use Grammatik to check an entire document, or part of a document for grammar, spelling, and style errors.

You can replace a sentence that has a grammatical error with a suggested sentence, or you can skip the error once or for the rest of the current session. You can also disable the rule associated with the error, so that Grammatik does not flag errors of the same type.

You can choose a checking style designed for the type of writing you are checking, or you can create a customized checking style.

You can customize Grammatik to start automatically, to prompt you before it automatically replaces words, and to show spelling suggestions for misspelled words. You can also customize Grammatik to check an entire document, including headers, footers, and footnotes.

Grammatik also analyses the grammatical structure of a document and provides statistics about the writing style, the types of errors flagged in the document, and the level of readability of the text.

For detailed information on using Grammatik, see the Writing Tools in the main online Help.


Using the thesaurus

You can use Thesaurus to refine your writing. Thesaurus lets you look up options such as Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Words.

Thesaurus replaces and inserts words in a document. The Insert button becomes a Replace button when you want to replace a word in a document with a word Thesaurus suggests. Thesaurus does not specify word forms for verbs that appear the same in both the present and past tense and words used as multiple parts of speech. Thesaurus lets you choose the correct word form to insert or replace in a document.

You can customize Thesaurus to automatically look up a word, help you with your spelling, or automatically close. You can also choose the language that you want to use, and set data files for that language for future use.

For detailed information on using Thesaurus, see the Writing Tools in the main online Help.

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Main word list
A Main Word List is a list of specialized words that Spell Checker uses for a particular language, company, or field (such as legal and medical). The English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Dutch versions of CorelDRAW include a .MOR file (for example, the English file is WT9_1EN.MOR). Spell Checker can search other Main Word Lists you have installed, such as medical word lists. You can create a Main Word List file using the Spell Utility.


Document word list
A Document Word List contains words and phrases that you want Spell Checker to skip, replace, or display alternatives for in the current document only. Spell Checker scans this list first when you perform a spell check.


Spell utility
The Spell Utility is a separate application that you run from the Start button. The filename is WT9_1SPTLEN.exe (installed to X:\Program Files\Corel\Shared\WritingTools\9_1 folder where X is the drive where the application is installed).


User word list
A User Word List is a list of words and phrases that Spell Checker and Grammatik use to check for errors. You can add words to a User Word List so that the writing tools will skip or replace these words, or display alternatives for them. For example, you can specify replacements for words that you often mistype or misspell. Or, you can add words (such as your name) that you don't want Spell Checker or Grammatik to flag as incorrect.

You can also create multiple User Word Lists. User Word List files have the extension .UWL. The User Word List that ships with WordPerfect is WT9_1XX.UWL (where "XX" is the code for your language).

Each document has its own User Word List, to which you can add words and phrases that pertain specifically to that document.

Spell Checker and Grammatik always scan the Document User Word List first.


Coordinates
A coordinate term is a type of general word for example, as "oak" is a type of "tree." Its coordinates are words that are also types of a more general word. For example, "bike" is a type of "motor vehicle;" some of its coordinates are "car," "truck," "tank," and "golf cart."


Add button
If spell checking is enabled during a proofreading session, Grammatik flags words it does not find in its dictionary or your User Word List. If a flagged word is spelled correctly and you use it often in your writing, click the Add button to add the word to your User Word List.


Analysis
Use the options on the Analysis menu to analyze your writing style. The options are Parse Tree, Parts Of Speech, Basic Counts reports, Flagged reports, Readability reports.


Exit
Use Exit or Close to exit any open documents and then exit Grammatik.


Auto replace
Auto Replace lets you substitute correct words for misspelled or mistyped words. For example, if you tend to type "freind" instead of "friend," you can add "freind" to the User Word List. If Quick Correct is enabled, the word is automatically replaced every time you type it.


Replace
Replace lets you substitute a replacement word or phrase for an error Grammatik has detected.


Replace all
Replace All lets you substitute a replacement word or phrase for every occurrence of an error.


Resume
Resume lets you continue checking your document after you have edited text manually.


Skip
Skip lets you ignore an error that you don't want to change. Grammatik skips the current error but flags other occurrences of the error.


Consecutive nouns
The Consecutive Nouns option lets you specify how many consecutive nouns Grammatik allows before it flags an error. For example, if you set the value to 3, the following phrase is flagged as an error:

"quality assurance analysis report"


Consecutive prepositional phrases
The Consecutive Prepositional Phrases options lets you specify how many consecutive prepositional phrases Grammatik allows before it flags an error. For example, if you set the value to three, the following sentence would be flagged as an error: "One of the many duties of the office of President of this company is to appear at all press conferences."


Long sentence length
The Long Sentence Length option lets you specify how many words Grammatik allows in a sentence before it flags an error.


Spell numbers below or equal to
The Spell Numbers Below Or Equal To option lets you specify the range of numbers that should be spelled out ("nine") instead of written as a numeral ("9"). Set the value to 0 if you don't want numerals to be flagged as errors.


Words allowed in split infinitive
The Words Allowed In Split Infinitive option lets you specify how many words Grammatik allows in a split infinitive before it flags an error. Grammatik counts the number of words between the first word ("to") and the last word (base verb) of an infinitve, and reports an error when the number exceeds the maximum allowed. For example, if you set this value to 1, the phrase "to boldly go" is not flagged because only one word comes between "to" and "go." However, the phrase "to very boldly go" is flagged because two words are between the split infinitive.


Skip all
Skip All lets you ignore a word or phrase for the rest of the proofreading session.


Start
Start lets you begin proofreading.


Undo
Undo lets you undo the last word or phrase replacement.


Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened version of a word. For example: etc. is an abbreviation of etcetera.


Adjective
An adjective modifies a noun. Example: a "good" book.


Adverb
An adverb modifies a verb or an adjective. Examples: go "quickly," a "very" good book.


Auxiliary verb
An auxiliary verb is a form of "be," "have," or "do." Examples: "is" coming, "had" not run, "did" he say.


Determiner
A determiner is a type of adjective. Examples: "a," "an," "the," "some," "these," "any."


Comparative or superlative
Comparative and superlative are forms of adjectives or adverbs that indicate a degree of comparison. Examples: happier, slowest.


Conjunction
A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses. Examples: the book "and" the pen, "because" it is late.


Infinitive
An infinitive is a verb form that uses "to" and a base verb. Examples: to read, to go.


Interjection
An interjection is an exclamation. Examples: hi!, oh!, hey!


Modal
A modal is a type of auxiliary verb. Examples: will, must, can, should, might.


Number
A number is a unit of measure. Examples of a number are: three, 497, 6:00.


Past tense
The past is the past tense of a verb. Examples: He "wrote" the book. We "went" to the store.


Past participle
A past participle is a past-tense form of a verb. Example: the note was "written" in ink.


Plural noun
A plural noun is the plural form of a noun. Examples of a plural noun are: "books," "children."


Possessive noun
A possessive noun is a possessive form of a noun, indicating ownership. Examples: "dog's" leg, "students'" cars, "Joe's" son.


Preposition
A preposition relates nouns and pronouns to other words. Examples: folder "of" notes, gift "for" you.


Third person
The third person is a present form of a verb. Examples: he "waits," she "brushes" her hair, "does" it sing.


Present participle
A present participle is a form of a verb, usually created by adding "ing." Examples: He is "writing" a book. She is "going" to bed.


Pronoun
A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Examples: "I," "me," "you," "mine," "yourself," "these," "who," "which."


Punctuation
A punctuation clarifies the meaning of a phrase or statement by inserting punctuation marks. Examples: period (.), comma (,), question mark (?).


Singular noun
A singular noun is the name of one person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: "Tom," "Canada," "pen," "health."


Verb
A verb shows action or existence. Examples: "read" the book, it "is" informative.


Main clause
A main clause is complete meaning without any other sentence component. Example: "We will have the meeting today."


Subordinate clause
A subordinate clause is also called a dependent clause. A subordinate clause cannot stand alone. It depends on another clause to complete its meaning. Example: We will have the meeting today, "since everyone is here."


Relative clause
A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause that acts like an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun before it. A relative clause usually starts with a relative pronoun like "who," "whom," or "what." Example: The employees "who used the dental plan" appreciated the change.


Wh clause
A Wh- Clause is referred is a specialized subordinate clause starting with "when," "how," "why," or "where." A wh-clause can act like a noun, an adverb, or an adjective. Examples: We knew "where she would go," I will tell you "when I go."


That clause
A that clause is a specialized subordinate clause starting with "that." Example: We were sure "that you would pay us."


Subject
The subject of a clause performs the action. A subject can be one word or several. Examples: "John" ran, "The cats" meowed, "All the children and their mothers" took naps.


Verb
A verb or verb phrase shows action in the verb. Verbs can contain one or several words. VERB is used for a single word. For example: John "ran." A VERB PHRASE is used when several words make up the verb. For example: He "has gone" (VERB PHRASE).


Direct object
A direct object receives the action. Example: Bob gave her "an apple".


Indirect object
An Indirect Object tells "to whom" or "for whom." Example: Bob gave an apple to "her."


Prepositional phrase
A prepositional phrase is a preposition and its object, plus any modifiers. Prepositional phrases usually function as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns. Example: We came back "for the second show."


Relative pronoun
A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause and links it with an independent clause. Example: The noise "that" scared you was made by the boy "who" lives next door.


Phrasal
A phrasal is a preposition that is part of a verb phrase, but separated from it. Example: put the book "down."


Formal formality level
The Formal Formality Level is a formality level that uses strict rules of diction and usage.


Informal formality level
The Informal Formality Level is a formality level that allows for relaxed use of the language; this level allows colloquial expressions.


Standard formality level
The Standard Formality Level is a formality level that allows for moderate, everyday language.


Checking style
A checking style is a preset writing style that Grammatik refers to when proofreading text. There are 11 preset checking styles. Depending on which checking style you choose, a specific set of proofreading criteria is used to check your document.


Rule class
A rule class is a group of related grammar and style rules. Grammatik uses rule classes to detect common writing problems.


Fiction checking style
The Fiction checking style is a checking style that makes allowances for the writer's artistic license. Many rule classes are disabled, and informal language is acceptable. The Formality level is Informal.


Advertising checking style
The Advertising checking style is a checking style for advertising copy and other marketing literature designed to make a sale. The emphasis is on mechanics and grammatical accuracy rather than on style. Certain rule classes are disabled. The Formality level is Informal.


Documentation or speech checking style
The Documentation Or Speech checking style is a checking style for documentation targeted at a general, non-scientific audience. Jargon and special terminology are challenged. It has a low passive voice threshold. The Formality level is Standard.


Technical or scientific checking style
The Technical Or Scientific checking style is a checking style for scientific publications containing long, complex noun phrases and a technical vocabulary. The passive voice threshold is high. The Formality level is Formal.


Informal memo or letter checking style
The Informal Memo Or Letter checking style is a checking style for informal memos and letters. This style allows industry-specific jargon. The Formality level is Informal.


Formal memo or letter checking style
The Formal Memo or Letter checking style is a checking style that requires a formal tone and a strict interpretation of grammar and style rules. This style is appropriate for correspondence, meeting minutes, and legal documents. It requires language that is more formal than an inter-office memo. The Formality level is Formal.


Student composition checking style
The Student Composition checking style is a checking style for long documents. The Formality level is Formal.


Spelling plus checking style
The Spelling Plus checking style is a checking style that quickly checks for spelling errors and simple rules such as punctuation and capitalization. The Formality level is Standard.


Quick check checking style
The Quick Check checking style is the default checking style. This style is appropriate for most types of documents written for a general audience, such as general correspondence, informal reports, essays, and speeches. The Formality level is Standard.


Very strict checking style
The Very Strict checking style is a checking style for writing that requires a formal tone and a strict interpretation of grammar and style rules. This style is appropriate for correspondence, meeting minutes, and legal documents. The Formality level is Formal.


Grammar As-You-Go checking style
The Grammar-As-You-Go checking style marks words or phrases that indicate incorrect grammar or use as you type.


Options menu
The Options menu items let you specify how Grammatik proofreads your documents.


Split infinitives
A split infinitive is a verb in its infinitive form (to be, to run) that is split by intervening modifiers. For example, in the split infinitive "to boldly go," the adverb "boldly" splits the infinitive "to go."


Base verb
A base verb is the form of a verb that comes after "to" in an infinitive, or after a modal like "would."


Synonyms
Synonyms are words with the same meaning. For example, if you look up "happy," Thesaurus lists words such as "glad," "carefree," and "lighthearted."


Antonyms
Antonyms are words with an opposite meaning. For example, if you look up "slow," thesaurus lists words such as "fast" and "quick."


Related words
Related words are words that have a similar meaning to a word that you look up. For example, if you look up "old," Thesaurus lists words such as "senior," "original," and "outdated."


Examples
An example illustrates terms and rules. For example, if you look up "city," Thesaurus lists examples of cities, such as "New York City," "Tokyo," and "Paris."


Phonetic suggestions
The Show Phonetic Suggestions option lets you view a list of words that sound like the word in the Replace With (or Insert Word) box. For example, Spell Checker suggests words such as "trail," "trial," or "trill" to replace "traail."


UWL examples
Here are examples of how you can use the Adding Words to a User Word List feature:

•	If you often type incorrectly, you can define the correctly spelled word as a replacement. For example, you can specify "the" as a replacement for "hte."

•	You can replace abbreviations or acronyms with words or phrases. For example, you can define Chief Executive Officer as the replacement for the acronym CEO.

•	You can define multiple alternatives for a word. For example, you can define "United States of America," "United States," and "U.S.A." as replacements for the word "usa." During a spell checking or proofreading session, you can choose which alternative phrase you want to use to replace "usa."


Active voice
Grammatik lets you change a passive sentence to an active sentence. For example, Grammatik suggests the following three replacements for the sentence "A good time was had:"

•	They had a good time

•	We had a good time

•	<SUBJECT> had a good time

If you choose a replacement that begins with <SUBJECT>, Grammatik prompts you to type a subject for the sentence.


Readability formula

Grammatik displays a readability formula based on the language used in your application. United States English uses the Flesch-Kincaid formula. This is a widely-used formula that determines the school grade level that a reader needs to understand a document. A grade level score of 6-10 is considered the most effective for a general audience.

Languages other than United States English may use different scoring systems. For example, UK English uses the Flesch Reading Ease Score. This number is high for readable writing and low for complex writing. Many companies require writing that matches one of the following Flesch Reading Ease Scores.

Score	Reading Difficulty

90-100	Very easy

80-90	Easy

70-80	Fairly easy

60-70	Standard

50-60	Fairly difficult

30-50	Difficult

0-30	Very difficult

The Flesch Reading Ease Score formula is as follows: 206.835 -- (1.015 x average words / sentence) -- (84.6 x average syllables / word)

•	passive voice [image] too many passive constructions can make your work boring or difficult to understand.

•	sentence complexity [image] long sentences or sentences with complex structure are often difficult to understand.

•	vocabulary complexity [image] long words or unusual words may be too difficult for most readers.


Select word from
For example, to replace the verb "read" in the sentence "I read a magazine in the doctor's waiting room yesterday," with the correct form of the verb "peruse," choose "perused" from the Select Word Form dialog box. The sentence is now displayed as "I perused a magazine in the doctor's waiting room yesterday."


Hypernym
A hypernym is a superordinate of a word. For example, the hypernym of cat is animal.


Hyponym
A hyponym is a subordinate of a word. For example, the hyponym of animal is cat.


Related information
Related information gives you information related to a topic. For example, the related information of "tree" is "plants," "leaves," and "roots."


Cross references
Cross references lets you find specific information from other documents. For example, you can use cross references to look up information on "trees" in a document that you are working in with information on "trees" from another document.


Phrases
For example, you can use Phrases to ______________


Description
The Description is the name of the language you want to add. For example, the description of "Danish," is "Danish."


Language code
The Language Code is a 2 character code on the right side of the language. For example, the language code for Croatian is "HR."


Same verb
For example, "read," which appears the same when you use it in the sentence "I am going to read that book tomorrow," and in the sentence "I read that book yesterday."


multiple speech
For example, "wonder," which appears the same when you use it in the sentence "I wonder what is going to happen today," and in the sentence "I looked upon the scene with wonder."


The expanded thesaurus file and the dictionary contain words that may be offensive to some people. These words are included in the file to enable relational searches. It is not our intention to offend nor to promote the use of these terms.