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How to Spell Check a Book?

Apr 10, 2012 9:40 AM

Hello:

 

I created a book using the Book Panel in Indesign CS5.5 for Mac.

 

I need to spell check the entire book.

 

I was hoping the flyout menu of the the book panel would have spell check.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

825 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Manish-Sharma, Apr 13, 2012 12:07 PM
 
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  • Manish-Sharma
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    1. Manish-Sharma,
    Apr 10, 2012 9:51 AM   in reply to juano28
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    You can create the new  "Preflight profile" in which you can include the "Dynamic spell check the error" , and under flyout menu of Book , you can choose "Preflight Book' and select the profile you have defined.

     

    Create a new Preflight profile :-

     

    a) Go to Windows-->Output-->Preflight ,

    b) Go to flyout menu of the prefilght menu and then choose "Define Profile"

    c) Click on "+" sign to craete the new profile and then on right side choose "Text"-->"Dynamic spell check the error"

     

    and then use this profile to do spell check in the Preflight book.

     
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    2. juano28,
    Apr 10, 2012 10:03 AM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    OK thanks for your answer. I will give that a try.

     
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    3. lilia@,
    Apr 12, 2012 4:12 PM   in reply to juano28
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    you can spell check across "All Documents" (In the Search section of the Check Spelling dialogue box).

    It will spell check across all of the open documents that you have. I don't recommend doing 50 at once though.

     

     
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    4. juano28,
    Apr 13, 2012 11:35 AM   in reply to lilia@
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    Thanks for the advise.

     

    It is disapointing that there is no real way to spell check a book, only work-arounds.

     
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    5. Manish-Sharma,
    Apr 13, 2012 12:07 PM   in reply to juano28
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    The reason being , book is the collection of the documents hence at the end you have to work on the document weather it is included in the book or not , so spell check ca be done right away when the document s complete ...There would be no need to spell check the book if the document are properly made.

     
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