This application contains one method for obtaining help at any time.
Context Sensitive Help is available for each control within the application. When focused upon a control, press Insert+F1 (or Caps Lock+F1) if using the JAWS laptop layout. An Edit Field is available containing the help information. It will briefly describe the purpose of the focused control together with keystrokes you can use.
Press the Arrow keys to read the help and press Escape to close the Help window. This will return you back to the control which previously had focus.
Leasey Spell Check gives JAWS users a consistent way of checking spelling in plain text, regardless of which application was used to write the text.
Many applications include their own spell checkers, but they do not all work in the same way with JAWS. Some are very accessible, some are not, and some only check spelling inside that particular application.
Leasey Spell Check gives you one predictable spell checking tool which can be used with text copied from almost anywhere.
This is particularly useful if you have written text in a web form, an email message, a social media post, a chat window, a text editor, or another application where the built-in spell checker is not comfortable to use.
Leasey Spell Check checks the text currently on the clipboard. If spelling corrections are made, the corrected text is copied back to the clipboard when the process is complete. You can then paste the corrected text back into the original application.
If there are no spelling errors, Leasey Spell Check advises that no spelling errors were found. In that case, the text is not copied back to the clipboard again because it is already there.
The spell checker is for spelling only. It does not check grammar.
Step 1. Select or copy the text you want to check.
The text must be plain text on the Windows clipboard. In many applications, you can select the text and press Control+C.
Step 2. Press the Leasey Key followed by Control+F7.
Leasey Spell Check opens and checks the clipboard text.
Step 3. If a spelling issue is found, review the word, the context, and the suggestions.
Step 4. Choose whether to change the word, change all occurrences, ignore it, ignore all occurrences, add it to the dictionary, finish, or cancel.
Step 5. When the check is complete, return to the original application and paste the corrected text with Control+V.
If no spelling errors are found, Leasey Spell Check tells you this and closes. The original text is still on the clipboard.
The Spell Check dialog contains:
You move through the dialog box by pressing the Tab key. Press Shift+Tab to move backwards.
When a misspelled word is found, JAWS should announce:
Misspelled word followed by the word and its letters. For example "Misspelled word receive, r e c e i v e".
Move through suggestions with Up and Down Arrow. When a suggestion is selected, Leasey Spell Check speaks the letters of that suggestion after a short delay. When the Spell Check dialog first moves to a misspelled word, Leasey Spell Check also spells the first suggestion automatically.
Press Enter on a suggestion to change to that suggestion. You can also press Alt+C. Press Delete or Alt+I to ignore the current word. Press Control+R to read the sentence containing the current misspelled word. Press Alt+A for Change All. Press Alt+G for Ignore All. Press Alt+D to add the word to the Exceptions Dictionary. These are keystrokes standard to many spell checking tools.
If you wish to type your own corrected spelling, press the Tab key to move to the Replacement Edit Field and edit the text. Then use one of the options listed above, most notably Change, Change All or Add to Dictionary.
Escape returns focus back to the original working area, perhaps a text Edit Field.
Ordinal numbers such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 13th are not treated as spelling errors. Contractions such as don't, wouldn't and shouldn't are treated as whole words.
If no spelling errors are found, a standard message is displayed saying "No spelling errors were found".
Use Change when the current word is wrong in this one place and you want to replace only this occurrence.
Step 1. When a misspelled word is announced, move through the Suggestions list with Up and Down Arrow.
Step 2. When you hear the correct suggestion, press Enter.
Leasey Spell Check replaces the current word and moves to the next spelling issue.
Step 3. If none of the suggestions are correct, Tab to the Replacement Edit Field.
Step 4. Type the correct spelling.
Step 5. Press Enter, or Tab to Change and press Enter or Space.
Use Change All when the same incorrect word appears several times in the text and should always be corrected in the same way.
For example, if you have repeatedly typed accomodation instead of accommodation, Change All can save time.
Step 1. When the misspelled word is shown, choose the correct suggestion or type the correction in the Replacement Edit Field.
Step 2. Press Alt+A, or Tab to Change All and press Enter or Space.
Step 3. Leasey Spell Check changes this occurrence and automatically changes later matching occurrences during the same spell check.
Use Ignore when the current word is acceptable in this one place, but you do not want to add it to the dictionary.
Use Ignore All when the same word appears several times and should be accepted throughout this spell check only.
For example, a project code, a temporary abbreviation, or a made-up name in a story may not need to be stored permanently.
Step 1. When the word is reported, listen to the word and its spelling.
Step 2. Press Delete or Alt+I to ignore this occurrence.
Step 3. If the word should be ignored for the rest of this spell check, press Alt+G instead.
Use Add when the word is correct and you expect to use it again.
Names of people, towns, products and companies are often reported as spelling mistakes even when they are correct.
Step 1. Run Leasey Spell Check on your text.
Step 2. When the word is reported, listen carefully as JAWS speaks and spells it.
Step 3. If the word is correct, press Alt+D, or Tab to the Add Button and press Enter or Space.
The word is added to your personal dictionary. Leasey Spell Check should not report it as an error in future.
Sometimes a word may be spelled correctly in one context but not another. It can help to hear the sentence.
Step 1. When a misspelled word is shown, press Control+R.
Step 2. Leasey Spell Check reads the current sentence without moving focus away from the current control.
This helps you decide whether to change the word, ignore it, or type your own replacement.
Step 1. Write the email in your usual email program.
Step 2. Select the text you want to check. If you want to check the whole message, press Control+A if that selects the message body in your email program.
Step 3. Press Control+C to copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard.
Step 4. Press the Leasey Key followed by Control+F7.
Leasey Spell Check checks the text on the clipboard.
Step 5. If a misspelled word is found, review the suggestions with Up and Down Arrow.
Step 6. Press Enter on the correct suggestion, or type your own correction in the Replacement field. You can also use any one of the other options described above, such as Ignore All.
Step 7. Continue until the check is complete.
Step 8. When the corrected text is placed back on the clipboard, return to the email, select the original text if necessary, and press Control+V to paste the corrected version.
Some web forms are difficult to review with a built-in spell checker, especially if the form uses custom editing controls.
Step 1. Write the text in the web form.
Step 2. Select the text you want to check.
Step 3. Press Control+C to copy the selected text.
Step 4. Press the Leasey Key followed by Control+F7.
Step 5. Make any corrections in Leasey Spell Check.
Step 6. When the check is complete, return to the web form.
Step 7. Select the original text again if necessary.
Step 8. Press Control+V to paste the corrected text.
Social media sites can vary in how well their editing areas work with spell checkers.
Step 1. Write the post.
Step 2. Select the text of the post and press Control+C.
Step 3. Press the Leasey Key followed by Control+F7.
Step 4. Correct any spelling issues.
Step 5. Return to the social media site and paste the corrected text.
This can be particularly useful before posting public updates, comments, group announcements or replies.
Sometimes two suggestions sound similar.
Step 1. Move through the Suggestions list with Up and Down Arrow.
Step 2. Pause briefly on a suggestion.
Leasey Spell Check spells the suggestion after a short delay.
Step 3. If the suggestion is correct, press Enter.
Step 4. If it is not correct, continue moving through the list or type your own correction in the Replacement Edit Field.
Press Control+Comma to enter the Options dialog.
The Dictionary combo box lets you choose the spelling dictionary. The initial dictionary follows the Windows regional setting. US English uses en_US. UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India use en_GB.
If necessary, press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to choose a different regional option. The selected dictionary is remembered.
This will be fully described in the chapter of this documentation relating to the Backup and Restore Manager and should generally not be changed here.
Insert+F1 opens Context Sensitive Help for the focused control.
Caps Lock+F1 also opens Context Sensitive Help if you are using the JAWS laptop keyboard layout.
Escape closes most Leasey windows or cancels the current dialog.
Control+Comma opens the Options dialog.
Leasey Key followed by Control+F7 launches Leasey Spell Check and checks the text currently on the clipboard.
Tab moves to the next control.
Shift+Tab moves to the previous control.
Up Arrow and Down Arrow move through the Suggestions list.
Enter or ALT+C changes the current word when focus is in the Suggestions list.
Enter or ALT+C changes the current word when focus is in the Replacement Edit Field.
Delete or ALT+I ignores the current spelling issue.
Control+R reads the sentence containing the current misspelled word.
Alt+A activates Change All.
Alt+G activates Ignore All.
Alt+D activates Add.
Alt+F activates Finish.