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The Correction Lists Editor

Use this editor to create, open, view and edit your correction lists. Asutype supports multiple correction lists and you can open as many lists to work with as you wish.

• All open lists are listed in a tabbed row at the top of the editor. There is a small icon next to each list name:
• The round shape icon () means the list has been modified and needs to be saved. Otherwise the shape is diamond ().
• The red color icon means the list contains a mistake currently in the "Mistake" box. Otherwise the color is gray.
• The [x] mark after the name of a list denotes the list is built-in: you can delete entries from a built-in list but cannot add new entries into it.
• The current editing list is visible.
• To select a list, click its tab. The selected list will become the current editing list.

Activate the Correction Lists Editor

Either:

• Right click the running icon and choose "Correction Lists" command.
• Or, click "Correction Lists" button from the Speller panel of the main window.
• Or, click "Correction Lists" command from the Corrections Options dialog box.
• Or, press <CTRL+SHIFT+A+L> hot key anywhere, anytime.

Note: You can change the hot key to any keyboard combination by modifying the "Activate the Correction Lists Editor" hot key in the Hot Keys Options dialog box.

Close the Correction Lists Editor

• Click "OK" button to save all data changes and close the editor.
• Click "Cancel" button to cancel any modification (no saving) and close the editor.

List Editing

Create a new list

1. Click "Create" button
2. Enter the file name and click "Save" button

The newly created list will become the current editing list.

Load a list

1. Click "Load" button
2. Enter the file name and click "Open" button

The newly loaded list will become the current editing list.

Save a list

1. Select the list
2. Click "Save" button

Asutype will automatically save the list when you click "OK" button to close the editor, if it needs to be saved.

Note (Trial Version only): The free trial version cannot save data changes permanently. All changes are available in the current working session only; they will be discarded when you exit Asutype. If you want to save your data permanently, use the full version instead.

Close a list

1. Select the list
2. Click "Unload" button

Asutype will prompt you to save the list before closing if it needs to be saved.

Data Editing

Editing data in a list is simple.

Add a new mistake

1. Type the mistake in the "Mistake" box and the correction in the "Correction" box
2. Click "Add" button

Note:

• The current mistake in the "Mistake" box is used to select the best match in the list.
• If the "Mistake" box is empty, the correction in the "Correction" box will be used to select the best match in the list instead.
• If the mistake is also found in any open list, the list icon becomes red.
• You can have multiple entries with the same mistake but with different corrections such as "fro" -> "from" and "fro" -> "for". Asutype will ask you to choose which one to correct to at runtime.

Replace a mistake

Either:

1. Double click the mistake in the list
2. Type the new mistake in the "Mistake" box and the new correction in the "Correction" box
3. Click "Replace" button

Or:

1. Type the new mistake in the "Mistake" box and the new correction in the "Correction" box
2. Hold <SHIFT> and select the mistake to be replaced in the list
3. Click "Replace" button

Delete a mistake

1. Select the mistake in the list
2. Click "Delete" button

Import all mistakes from an external source

1. Click "Import" button
2. Enter the file name and click "Open" button

Asutype can import mistakes from a plain text file (either ANSI or UNICODE, see below). It will announce a message when the importing is completed.

Export all words to a text file

1. Click "Export" button
2. Enter the file name and click "Save" button

Asutype can export mistakes to a plain text file (either ANSI or UNICODE, see below). It will announce a message when the exporting is completed.

The Plain Text File for Import / Export

A plain text file that Asutype imports/exports mistakes from/to is a 2-column tab-separated plain ANSI or UNICODE text file (e.g. no formatting information such as bold, italic, tables, images etc. - you can use NotePad to create a plain text file) with each mistake in a single line, the mistake and the correction parts are separated by a tab. Lines starting with a semicolon (;) are comment lines. Blank lines and comment lines will be ignored when importing. For example:

; start example
; -------------------
; Following are a few entries of a plain text file
; Each entry in a single line, 2-column tab-separated
; Lines starting with a semicolon are comment lines
; Blank lines and comment lines will be ignored when importing
 
teh     the
don;t     don't
 
; end of file
; end of the example

See Also

• The Suggestion Pop-up Window
• The Spelling Dictionaries Editor
• The Shortcut Lists Editor
• The Options Dialog Box
• The Technical Support Dialog Box
• Ordering Information
• Contact Information