Or (Word 2007 or 2010) by right clicking on a word with the wavy underline and then from the context menu, choose Spelling. Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog with the Spelling and Or right click on a underline to get the context menu which has suggestions. You can make corrections directly in the document Summary: Ways to Find Spelling, Grammar, and Formatting Problems Wavyįor the wavy underlines. But AutoCorrect does not check spelling in general. AutoCorrect already recognizes certain common typing errors, like transposing letters as in teh for the. You can add a spelling correction to AutoCorrect so that Word will automatically fix this error. Or Ignore Rule (for grammar) to have Word continue ignoring the 'error' if it occurs again in the same Is, you can tell Word to ignore the problem for this session by clicking So the words you add won't be available to others if they log on Each user with a logon for the computer has a separateĬustom dictionary. All Office programs use the same dictionary and the sameĬustom dictionary. Word does not know if you meant what you typed!įrom the context menu you can add a word to your custom dictionary by choosing Add Word often marks things that were actually Sometimes Word throws those blue squiggles under the whole document!ĭon't just accept every correction. Word ignores formatting that is very different! That makes the blue squiggles less common than the red and green. See a list of suggested replacement words.įor grammar errors, at the top of the menuĬorrection, like "doesn't" for "don't" or the type of error, like "Fragment" or "Passive Voice"įor formatting, the menu will tell you what changes would make the formatting consistent. Small differences in formatting are ignored by this feature.Įrror Word thinks it has found, right click on the word or phrase that has a wavyĬontext menu will appear with suggested corrections. Word Options > Advanced > Editing Options > Keep track ofįormatting and Mark formatting inconsistencies. Grammar error in green: Word Options > Proofing > Check grammar as you type
Spelling error in red: Word Options > Proofing > Check spelling as you type Settings that control the underlines and where to adjust the settings: Sometimes you meant exactly what you typed! Of course, youĬan still choose to break the "rules" on purpose.
You can create you own Custom combination of rules, if you like. You choose the level of formality you wantĪnd whether or not you want Word to check style also. Proofing page, the button Settings opens a dialog for Grammar Settings. YouĬan choose how picky you want Word to be. Word can also do a grammar check, looking for a variety of grammar errors.
(Below, you will find directions for how to get a mistake out of the custom Of course, Word won't know every word that you know or every variation of a word.Īny words you add yourself are spelled correctly! Be especially careful with names of people and companies, which are often spelled oddly.
Plus words you have added to a custom dictionary. Spell Checkįor spelling, Word compares the words in your text to what is in Word's own dictionary One of the most useful tools in Word is the spelling and grammar checker, called spell check for short. Jan's Working with Words Printing: Spell Check