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WProofreader is multilingual proofreading tool for web applications. It enables grammar and spell check combining spelling and grammar suggestions while you type or work with your text in a dedicated dialog. WProofreader meets standards of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), in particular:

Thus, all web application users, regardless of the limitations they might be facing, can access main WProofreader features via a keyboard only, thus interacting with it can be more effective and easier. 

Below is an overview of the keyboard commands you can use to proofread your texts, navigate between the spelling and grammar suggestions, add words to a personal user dictionary, and customize WProofreader settings. 

Proofreading Your Text While You Type

As you type your text in a web app with integrated WProofreader, it tries to suggest grammar and spelling suggestions for you on-the-fly and shows the number of discovered issues in the badge in the lower-right part of the editor screen. If no spelling issues found, the badge shows the tick sign inside. 

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Number of issues found is displayed in the badge

Use the commands in table below to navigate between the underlined issues found.

Keyboard CommandDescription
TabMove between the screen elements. The selected element is highlighted.
Shift + TabReturn to the previous element.

Accessing More WProofreader Features

The badge in the lower-right part of the editable area shows the number of errors on page and allows to access more options: 

  • proofread your text in a dialog, 
  • change WProofreader options (ignore cases),
  • create and manage a personal dictionary, and add words to it, 
  • change the language for checking.

To access more commands and WProofreader dialog in as you type mode, navigate to the badge using Tab. As you navigate to the badge, a circle appears around the number of found issues.

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Press Enter or Space to open the badge and access more WProofreader options listed in table below.

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Badge menu. Settings button is highlighted

Use the commands in table below to access more WProofreader options. 

Keyboard CommandDescription
Left/Right arrow keyMove between the items.
Enter/Space

Select the Turn the WProofreader off/ Settings / Proofread in dialog mode.

Escape

Exit the menu.

Proofreading in a Dialog

To access WProofreader dialog in as you type mode: 

  1. Press the Tab key to highlight the badge icon and then press Enter or Space to display the badge actions. 
  2. Press the Left/Right arrow key to navigate to the WProofreader icon and press Enter or Space to open the WProofreader dialog.

Use the commands in table below to proofread your text, namely, view and accept or reject the grammar and spelling suggestions, and add words to a personal dictionary.

Keyboard CommandDescription
Left/Right arrow keyMove between the underlined words in the proofreading mode. The selected problem is highlighted. Return to previous underlined element.

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To accept or reject the corrections for discovered spelling or grammar errors, use the keyboard buttons described in table below.

Keyboard CommandDescription
Up/Down arrow key

Navigate inside the suggestion area: 

  • Move between the suggestions found;

  • Select Add word or Ignore all actions.

Right/Left arrow key

Move between problems-suggestions found.

Enter/Space
  • Accept the suggestion.
  • Confirm the action

When a spelling issue is active, and you use Up or Down arrow keys, you can navigate to Dictionary and Ignore buttons and add a word to a personal dictionary or ignore the issue respectively.

Changing WProofreader Settings 

You can access and change WProofreader settings in the Settings dialog. To access this dialog:

  1. Press the Tab key to highlight the badge icon and then press Enter or Space to display the badge actions. 
  2. Press the Left/Right arrow key to navigate to the Settings icon and press Enter or Space to open the Settings dialog.

You can alternatively access WProofreader settings while proofreading your text in a dialog. To do so, press Tab continuously until you focus on the Settings icon and it gets highlighted and then press Enter or Space.

To access and modify WProofreader options: 

  1. Press the Tab key until the Options section is selected. Then press Enter or Space and again Tab to navigate to the options area.

  2. Use the Tab / Shift+Tab keys to navigate to the desired option and then press Space to select or deselect the desired option.
    The changes are applied automatically.

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WProofreader Settings dialog, Options tab is selected.

To change WProofreader options, press the Tab button to navigate to the Options group or others and use the commands in table below. 

Command

Description

Tab / Shift + Tab

Move continuously across the Options dialog groups. 

Enter/Space

Open/select the menu group.

To change the options of the selected Options dialog group, use the commands in table below. 

Keyboard CommandDescription
Tab/Shift + Tab

Switch through the options.

Space

Select or deselect the desired option. Remember to focus on the option before selecting or deselecting it.

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Selecting an option

Selecting the Desired Language for Proofreading

To specify the currently used language for proofreading (spelling and grammar check): 

  1. Press the Tab key until the Languages section is selected. Then press Enter or Space and again Tab.
  2. Use the Up/Down keys to navigate to and select the desired language and then press Escape to save the changes and exit the dialog

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Working with Personal User Dictionaries 

To customize personal user dictionaries features, navigate to Dictionaries settings area. 

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Dictionaries tab options

Here you can create new dictionaries or connect an already existing one, and also add or remove the words from the dictionaries.

To create a new personal user dictionary or connect to the already existing one: 

  1. Open WProofreader Settings dialog, repeatedly press the Down arrow key until the Dictionaries section is highlighted and then press Enter or Space.
  2. Press Tab to navigate to the Enter a dictionary name field and type a dictionary name then press Tab to select either Connect or Create buttons respectively.
    Depending on an action made either a new dictionary is created or an already existing one is connected.

To add a new word to a personal user dictionary: 

  1. In the Enter a new word area, type the desired word.
  2. Press Enter or Press Tab to navigate to the Add word button and press Enter or Space to confirm the action.
    You will see a pop-up message confirming that the word is added to the dictionary.

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To edit, i.e. to delete the list of already existing words in a dictionary: 

  1. Press Up/Down arrow keys to navigate to the desired words, select the desired word. As you move between the words, the Bin icon is highlighted near the selected word.
  2. Press Enter button.
    The word is deleted from the dictionary, and the notification appears in the lower part of WProofreader Settings dialog.

To disconnect the dictionary:

  • Press the Tab continuously to select the Disconnect icon near the selected dictionary name and press Enter or Space.
    The dictionary is disconnected, and notification message appears in the lower part of WProofreader Settings dialog.

Viewing information about the current version of WProofreader

To see the information about the version of WProofreader you are currently using, navigate to the About area of the Settings dialog. To do so:

  • In WProofreader Settings dialog, repeatedly press the Down arrow key until the About section is highlighted and then press Enter or Space.

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