How do I check documents?

The following are the checking options:

  • Check an active document or a selection: Click SDL AuthorAssistant > Check Text - Active Document. To check only a section of the document, select the section of text before you check.

  • Check multiple documents or book: Click SDL AuthorAssistant > Check Text - Multiple Documents and then select the appropriate option in the Multiple Document wizard. The documents that you select are automatically checked in sequence. Closed documents are automatically opened for checking.

  • Check documents from report: Click SDL AuthorAssistant > Check Text - From Report.

    In this case, first run the report on the documents and then run checks from the report results. When you check from reports, instead of checking the entire document, SDL AuthorAssistant limits the checks to issues contained in the report. This option is effective when you have large documents to check.

When you check documents, the suggestions are displayed in a separate dockable window, SDL AuthorAssistant Results. It displays the source sentence with the issues highlighted in red color in an editable text box. The bottom half of the window explains the error and provides alternatives.

You can:

  • Accept suggested alternatives if any

  • Type a correction and click Apply to change the sentence in the document

  • Revert any changes

  • Recheck the changes you make before applying them

  • Move to the next error, ignoring the issue (click Next).

After correcting a sentence, click Apply/Next to apply the change and move on to the next error in the document.

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