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The stuff Check Spelling doesn't catch - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
The stuff Check Spelling doesn't catch
I've saved my changes as Spell checked text.ai found inside the 08_type folder. Now I hasten to add that just because a document passes a spellchecker, it doesn't mean all is well. Illustrator does not offer a grammar checker and so long as a word appears inside of its dictionary then it gets green lighted even if the word isn't used in the proper context. Notice for example on the second Artboard the third line reads, They were taught, they were tan. Now I suppose it's very possible that they were learning a thing or two as they were getting a tan but that's not what I meant. I meant that they were ripped. They were sinewy, muscular and that kind of taught, is spelled without the g and the h. So I'll press the T key in order to get my Type tool. I'll select gh like so and I'll press the Backspace key in order to get rid of those letters. Now let's say that you want to check the spelling of just that one word. Well, in another program you would double-click on that word and then you…
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Next-generation text1m 19s
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Making a margin guide5m 7s
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Offsetting flush-left text4m 47s
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Moving and duplicating guides6m 23s
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Placing and threading text6m 18s
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Selecting words and lines of text6m 35s
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Working with point text7m 10s
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Tips for previewing and assigning fonts4m 7s
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Incrementally adjusting type size5m 49s
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Leading a paragraph indent5m 6s
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Pair kerning and tracking7m 2s
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Laying down base formatting attributes4m 59s
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Hanging indent and paragraph spacing3m 52s
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Creating a paragraph style5m 8s
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Redefining paragraph styles6m 42s
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Using the Glyphs panel6m 41s
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Spell-checking text4m 24s
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The stuff Check Spelling doesn't catch3m 24s
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Copying and applying a graphic style4m 42s
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Selecting through text objects6m 59s
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Offset Path and Scribble effects5m 45s
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Updating a graphic style5m 43s
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Creating type on a path7m 26s
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Attaching type to a closed path6m 5s
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Adjusting baseline shift4m 18s
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Tracking and kerning border elements8m 21s
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Filling and duplicating a border3m 28s
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