
Will let you know in a couple weeks if this is working for me. Acrobat isn't always a lot of fun for editors/proofreaders, but it helps me earn my living, and it's a lot easier to use than it was a few years ago.
#How to do spell check in word pdf#
I'll still read the entire PDF word for word, and in some places letter for letter, but I do need a spell-check backup, because after a few pages of very close reading my eyes get tired. (I get a lot of mangled text when I convert to Word.) And I hope the dictionary is pretty darn good. If you want to locate its position on ribbon, please see following content. If you need, just press F7 to call Spelling and Grammar function. See following: B: Using the Keyboard Shortcut. If you are using Classic Menu for Office, click Tools > Word Options > Proofing. It seems to be working faster than Word has, for me. Text ranges that are ignored by the spellchecker are usually formatted as 'Do not check spelling or grammar' in the Language dialog box. Please click File tab in Word 20 (or click the Office button in Word 2007) > Word Options > Proofing. Having decided to use the Draw Rectangle tool, I'm drawing a big box around a whole page of text, or as much of a page as I can, and then doing the "Edit => Check Spelling => In Fields, Comment, Editable Text" thing. Yes, but only a handful of common medical words, but not enough to do a good spell check on a medical report for example. To skip all instances of this error in the document, click Ignore All. To skip this instance of the error, click Ignore.

Then I reduced the viewing size of the PDF to 50% (it's unreadable, but that doesn't matter), and then - To fix a mistake, click a correction in the suggestion list (or type your correction into the box), and then click Change. In Acrobat (the "About" thing says my copy is Acrobat Pro DC Version 2015.008.20082), under Preferences > Commenting > Making Comments, I checked the boxes for "Copy encircled text into Drawing comment pop-ups" & "Copy selected text into Highlight, Strikethrough, and Underline comment pop-ups." Converting to Word is sometimes problematic for me, not sure why - so today I'm trying something new:
