On 23 Aug 2013, at 15:49, Baldwin, Dave wrote:
When a word is highlighted as being spelled incorrectly I control click on it to get a list of corrections and then select one. Is there any way to improve on this such as not using the mouse or tracker pad?
Yes, press ⌥F2 with caret on the word (no need to select it first).
This key also works in the file browser (to open the context menu).