Spelling and Grammar

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Spelling and Grammar

As you type in Word, you may notice wavy red underlines to indicate possible spelling errors:

and wavy green underlines to indicate possible grammatical errors:

To correct an error,

right-click a word with a wavy underline (or hold-click for Macintosh users)
then click the correction you want on the shortcut menu.

To use additional spelling and grammar options, click Spelling or Grammar shortcut on the toolbar. This button looks like the following:

If the wavy underlines clutter your document, you can temporarily hide them until you're ready to correct the errors. After clicking on the Spelling or Grammar shortcut, click on the "Options" button to get the following window:

You can select the "Hide spelling errors in this document" and "Hide grammatical errors in this document" check boxes if you find the wavy lines distracting. You can always insert them after you complete your writing.

A shortcut to turning them off or on is to right-click the Spelling and Grammar status bar at the bottom of your window, which looks like the following:

A pop-up window will allow you to toggle on/off the options to hide the spelling errors, hide grammatical errors, and to view options. Double-clicking on the above Spelling and Grammar status bar will move through each spelling or grammatical error in your document and automatically open the correction pop-up menu for each word.

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