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Version: 0.2.3

Spell check and the project dictionary

How spell checking works​

Spell checking runs as you type, in both screenplay editing modes. It uses French and British English dictionaries bundled with the application: no internet connection and no system service are required.

It checks prose and leaves the screenplay form alone: scene headings, character names and transitions are never underlined, and neither are all-caps words or words containing digits.

For a word to be checked, two switches must both be on:

  • the screenplay language, per project (in the project settings) — the None option turns checking off for that project;
  • Show spell check, per machine (in the ⋮ menu).

Correcting a word​

In the styled editor, right-click an underlined word: up to five suggestions appear, along with Ignore this word (for the session) and Add to the project's dictionary.

The project dictionary​

The words you teach the application travel inside the .ocpt file: they follow the project to a colleague's machine.

  • A word is stored as you typed it and matched case-insensitively.
  • To manage it, open project settings → Dictionary section (it shows the word count) and click Edit…. The dialog lets you read, filter, add and remove words. Removing a word is confirmed inside its own row (Remove? / Yes / No), so you can prune a long list without a dialog popping up on every word.