Spell Checking

•Performing a spell check in the editor works differently than performing a spell check using the validator engine. Which words are checked depend on whether the spell check is performed in the editor or in the validator engine.

•If a spell check is performed in the editor, then words in HTML tags can be included or excluded depending on the Ignore markup languages option in Spelling Options Dialog (accessible from the Spell Checking Page in the Editor Options)

•If a spell check is performed in the validator engine, then a "smarter" approach is taken. Some words in relevant tags and attribute values may be checked, depending on what tag and attribute value it is. The spelling options in the Spell Checking Page of the Validator Engine Options also affect how the spell check is performed in the validator engine.

Additional dictionaries supporting different languages are available. Please visit CSS HTML Validator's download page (new window) to download any additional dictionaries that are available and that you might want.

The default dictionary is American English.

To add words to the dictionary, please see the Add Words to the Dictionary topic.

A special <!--chvignorewords word1,word2,word3--> comment can be added to HTML documents to ignore specific words in a document. The comment contains a comma-separated list of words to ignore (whitespace in the list is allowed and ignored). The comment can be specified multiple times in the same document to add (append) new words to the ignore list. All words in the document that are a case-sensitive match for an ignore word will be considered correct as long as the word occurs after the chvignorewords comment that contains it. A cseignorewords comment is also accepted but is now deprecated.

A special chvignorespelling comment can be used to ignore misspelled words in parts of an HTML document.

The onMisspelledWord() TNPL function provides another way to exclude words from being considered misspelled.

The validator engine will generate a validator message with a misspelled word list if spell checking is enabled and misspelled words are found. This message can either be a warning message or a comment message. To choose whether you want this message to be a warning or a comment, to disable spell checking, or to see and change the other options, please see the Spell Checking Page in the Validator Engine Options.

There are also options to enable or disable a 'repeated word' validator message.

•The integrated editor supports Live Spelling. As you type, words are checked and misspelled words are underlined with a red squiggly line.

•Includes several dictionaries supporting American English, British English, and Australian English. Also included is an HTML tags and attributes dictionary. You can choose which dictionaries to use and additional dictionaries are available from CSS HTML Validator's download page (new window).

•Automatically uses Microsoft Word's user dictionary if available. This causes any words that you have added to this dictionary to be automatically accepted. No need to add them again.

•Add your own words to your own custom dictionary. Automatically created custom dictionaries are typically stored as *.adu files in C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\AI Internet Solutions\CSS HTML Validator\25\Dictionary

•Saves a separate set of configuration options for different users (based on the user that is logged into the computer).

•The spell checker is integrated into both the editor and the validator engine. This means that you do not have to use the integrated editor to take advantage of the spell checking feature. You can use the spell checker in third party applications and the Batch Wizard.

•The Batch Wizard in the Pro edition supports the spell checker with a dedicated spell checking tool so that you can quickly spell check multiple pages and generate a familiar Batch Wizard report.

•You can disable spell checking during a validation for a small performance increase if spell checking is not needed or desired.