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Text Handling 237

When you open an older document, the document language is automatically set
according to the language on the Normal text style in that document. Newly created
documents have their document language set to match the language setting of the
current device, as with previous versions of Designer Pro.

User dictionary

Words that you use regularly which are not in the dictionary provided with Xara Designer
Pro X can be added to your own personal dictionary. Right click on the word and choose
“ADD TO USER DICTIONARY”. Now the word is no longer shown as being misspelled. The
user dictionary applies to all documents that you use on your computer and it applies to
all languages.

Auto correction

Click on the SPELL CHECKER / AUTO CORRECTION icon on the TEXT TOOL InfoBar,
to use the auto correction feature. Select AUTO CORRECTION OPTIONS... from the
dropdown menu.

A dialog will open allowing you to add and replace words as well as keyboard symbols
with symbols from the symbol (on page 215) catalog. The feature is always on by default
but you can turn it off within the dialog.

There is a selection of useful items already listed, and you can add your own. Click on
ADD to create a new field and then type a word or a character in the REPLACE column,
then click in the WITH column to either type a replacement, or click on PICK SYMBOL to
choose a replacement from the symbol catalog. The symbol you've chosen appears in
the WITH column. Close the dialog by clicking OK.

Now when you type a word or character listed in the options it will be replaced with your
alternative word, character or symbol.
So for example if you want to be able to type “Rwd” and have that instantly replaced with
“Responsive Web Design”, simply press the ADD button and enter “rwd” in the REPLACE
field, and “responsive web design” in the WITH field. All text in the dialog is forced to lower
case but the replacement tries to be smart about use of case.
So if you type...

• "RWD" will be replaced with "RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN"
• "rwd" will be replaced with "responsive web design"
• "Rwd" will be replaced with "Responsive Web Design"