I've added a few slides and changed some
of the formatting the slides are ready
but I still want to proof them for
mistakes PowerPoint has some proofing
tools including a spellcheck that marks
the words that are not included in a
dictionary with a red wavy line see here
is a wavy red line that indicates that a
word is misspelled in this sentence if
you just right-click the underlined word
a menu will appear the menu provides me
with a possible spelling of the word the
option to ignore the word that was
marked as incorrect and the options who
launched a spelling dialog box this is
the correct spelling so I'll just select
it and now it has changed in the
document I can do the same thing and
right click blindfold only now I have
three possible spellings of the word to
choose from PowerPoint is a sure which
one is correct so I have some options
and I think I'll select this one it
looks like we have two more errors to
check still tech is the company name it
isn't misspelled but it isn't part of
the PowerPoint dictionary now I can
right-click it and see that powerpoints
gives me some spelling suggestions but
this is correct already I could select
ignore all so it won't be marked as
incorrect each time or I can choose add
to dictionary from this point on any
time I type still taken any PowerPoint
presentation it won't be marked with a
red line because it is part of the
dictionary you can continue to proof
your slides this way or you can use a
quicker method select the review tab and
in the proofing group click the spelling
command a dialog box appears the first
word that
here's marked as not part of the
dictionary as roles and below it a list
of possible spelling suggestions the one
that is suggested is not correct so we
need to scroll and select the spelling
we want to use you have some buttons to
the right that gives you different
options if this word spelled correctly
you can choose to ignore it or ignore
all you can also change this one
instance of a spelling or click change
all to change it each time it is spelt
this way you can also add the spelling
to the dictionary or ask for suggestions
let's go ahead and finish spellcheck in
this document and we can see on this
slide that all the spellings have
changed after we change that the next
word will appear and we'll make a
decision about it you keep doing this
until all the slides have been checked
some other commands in the proofing
group include research which opens a
task pane to the right so you can search
dictionaries encyclopedias and other
references for information right from
powerpoints the thesaurus commands can
help you find words that are similar to
another word and the translate command
does just what you think it will and
translate text for you from one language
to another
finally the language commands lets you
set the language that you're using for
the spell check tool we can see that
we're using US English in addition to
the proofing group you also have the
proofing section of your powerpoints
options to access these click the
Microsoft Office button and choose
PowerPoint options the options dialog
box will appear selects proofing on the
left and then edit your proofing
settings the decisions you make here
will determine how PowerPoint operates
will it mark misspelled words ignore
website addresses or check spelling as
you type these things are determined by
the
options you select here it is important
that you know how to access your
powerpoints options and how to use the
proofing commands on the review tab the
spelling command is especially important
because the last thing you want in your
presentation is spelling errors spend
some time becoming familiar with these
features and be sure to run the spelling
tool on your next presentation