Language tools > Spell check > Conversion to the new German spelling > Correcting words with old German spellings

If, as described in the previous section, you have selected the option Underline old German spellings in blue, German words whose spelling was changed during the spelling reform are indicated with a blue underscore.

To correct one of these underlined words, just change its spelling manually or right-click on the word to open the spell check's context menu.

Android/iOS: In these versions, you can also open the context menu with your finger by tapping on the screen and holding your finger there for about a second.

The context menu contains the following items:

Item	Function
List of suggestions	All spellings that are correct (according to the reformed German spelling rules) are displayed in the upper part of the menu. If you click on one of them, TextMaker will replace the word in the text with it.
Info	This option opens a dialog box with additional options and information. For more information, see Info command of the spell check.
Ignore word	The option ignores the supposed spelling error and removes the blue underline.
	Use this option for words that are spelled correctly but should not be learned. When you exit TextMaker, it "forgets" the ignored words.
Add word	This option instructs TextMaker to add the word to the user dictionary.
	TextMaker remembers such words permanently; they will no longer be underlined in blue (see note!)

Note: Use the command Add word only for those German words underlined in blue that are in fact correctly spelled according to the new German spelling rules. If you allow the addition of words with old spellings, rather than new spellings, you will be supplying TextMaker with incorrectly spelled words.