This article covers the following topics:

Check for and Correct Spelling Errors
Turn Spell Checking On and Off
Dictionary Language Selection
Add a Typed Word to the Custom Dictionary
Add One or More Words to the Custom Word List
Remove Words from the Custom Dictionary
Import Existing Custom Dictionary Files
Augmenting Rowan Spell-Checking

Check for and Correct Spelling Errors

Place your cursor in the desired text entry field.
Paste, type, or review your desired text.
Detected spelling errors will be underlined in red, based on your system's default dictionary settings.

Note that, similar to Word's default behavior, words typed in all caps are not checked for spelling.
Right-click red underlined words to see correction suggestions.

In some cases, highlighting may not be displayed when a text entry field does not have focus. To recheck a field, click on the text to bring the field back into focus and refresh spellchecking markup.

Turn Spellchecking On and Off

Select the Spellchecker... option under the Tools menu.
Locate and click the On/Off toggle for spellchecking provided at the top of this interface.

Note that spellchecking markup may be removed automatically when turned off, but may not reappear when turned on until the text entry fields have been clicked into or a new application window is opened.

Dictionary Language Selection

Select the Spellchecker... option under the Tools menu.
Click the dropdown under Spellchecker Language to select an additional language.
Click the x to the left of a selected language to remove it.

Add a Typed Word to the Custom Dictionary

Select and right-click the word in your application text.
Click the Add to Dictionary option in the resulting menu.

Add One or More Words to the Custom Word List

Select the Spellchecker... option under the Tools menu.
Click the Add (+) icon at the top of the Custom Words list.
Type or paste one or more words, one word per line of text.
Click the Add Words button when you've finished typing.

Remove Words from the Custom Dictionary

Select the Spellchecker... option under the Tools menu.
Locate and hover over the word you want to remove from the Custom Words list.
Click the trashbin icon revealed to the right to remove the custom word

OR

To clear the Rowan custom dictionary completely, click the Delete all words trashbin icon at the top of the custom word list.

Import Existing Custom Dictionary Files

Select the Spellchecker... option under the Tools menu.
Click the Import icon at the top of the Custom Words list.
Click the Import from MS Word option

OR

Drag and drop or browse for a text file containing your custom word list.

Note that an initial import from Word's custom dictionaries is performed when this feature is installed.
Deselect any words you do not wish to import.
Click the Import button to add the selected words to your Rowan custom dictionary.

Augmenting Rowan Spell-Checking

At this time, Rowan Patents Spell-Checking does not include grammar or usage checks, though it's on our list of requested improvements. Our power users have offered the following suggestions to augment spell-checking as you draft:

Extra Spaces: Use the Rowan Search and Replace interface (found under the Edit menu) to quickly detect and correct instances where two or more spaces should only be one space.
Repeated Words: Select a body of text and ask the Rowan revision assistant to find and remove repeated words. Alternatively, make a note to check for repetition after you've exported to Word for filing.
Grammar and Punctuation: Select a body of text and ask the Rowan revision assistant to improve your grammar and punctuation. Alternatively, make a note to check grammar after you've exported to Word for filing.
Third-Party Checkers: Using a third-party spelling and grammar checker like Grammarly can help you catch any of the issues above in Rowan Patents applications and in other programs without built-in spell-checking or grammar-checking features.

Note that in Rowan Patents detected issues from these checkers, similar to spell-check underlining, may only be displayed for the active text entry field where your cursor is located.

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