In both ID CS4 and CS5, the user can invoke Dynamic Spelling, which highlights misspelled words and a few other questionable lexical practices, as you work in the layout. The command is found in the Edit > Spelling flyout menu. It's *also* controlled by a setting in the Preferences > Spelling tab, called "Enable Dynamic Spelling."

I went to Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box to assign a keystroke to this feature, so I could easily turn the red and green underlines on and off. I found the command located in the Edit menu under Spelling:Dynamic Spelling, just where it was supposed to be. I assigned a shortcut to it, pressed the Assign button, and okayed the dialog box.

But it didn't work, and the shortcut keys were not even listed in the menu Edit > Spelling > Dynamic Spelling. ID displays the keystrokes I have assigned for every other menu commands shortcut.

I tested it several times and apparently the menu command is equivalent to the preference setting, and what's more, the user cannot assign a shortcut to it (the Keyboard Shortcut dialog box listing is erroneous).

I'll send in a bug report.


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Michael Brady
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