AutoCorrect Misspelled Words

Oxygen XML Editor includes an AutoCorrect feature to automatically correct misspelled words, as well as to insert certain symbols or other text, as you type in Author mode. Oxygen XML Editor includes a default list of commonly misspelled words and symbols, but you can modify the list to suit your needs. You can also choose to have the AutoCorrect feature use suggestions from the main spell checker. The suggestions will only be used if the misspelled words are not found in the Replacements table.

When enabled, the AutoCorrect feature can be used to do the following:

Automatically correct misspelled words while you edit in Author mode.
Easily insert symbols. For example, if you want to insert a ® character, you would type (R).
Quickly insert text fragments.

AutoCorrect is enabled by default. To configure this feature, open the Preferences dialog box and go to Editor > Edit Modes > Author > AutoCorrect.

The actual operation of replacing a word is triggered by a space, dash, or punctuation mark (, . ; : ? !). After a correction, the affected string is highlighted. The highlight is removed upon the next editing action (text insertion or deletion). If you hover over the highlight, a small widget appears below the word. If you hover over the widget, it expands and you can click it to present a drop-down list that includes the following options:

Change back to "..." - Reverts the correction back to its original form.
Stop Automatically Correcting "..." - This option is presented if the correction is performed based on the AutoCorrect Replacements Table and selecting it will delete the corresponding entry from the Replacements Table.
Learn Word "..." - This option is presented if the Use additional suggestions from the spell checker option is enabled in the AutoCorrect preferences page and the correction is performed based on the Spell Checker. Selecting this option will add the item to the list of learned words.
AutoCorrect options - Opens the AutoCorrect Preferences page that allows you to configure the feature.

Figure: The AutoCorrect Widget

The AutoCorrect feature results in the following types of substitutions in regards to case-sensitivity:

Words with all lower-case characters will be replaced with lower-case substitutions (for example, "abotu" is replaced with "about").
Words with irregular-case characters will be replaced with lower-case substitutions ("ABotU" is replaced with "about").
Words with all upper-case characters will be replaced with upper-case substitutions ("ABOTU" is replaced with "ABOUT").
Words starting with an upper-case character will be replaced with substitutions having the same pattern ("Abotu" is replaced with "About").

The AutoCorrect feature also uses the list of ignored elements from the Spell Check preferences page. All elements (along with their descendant elements) included in this list will be ignored by the AutoCorrect engine.