WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:09.980 Don't worry you're not the only one that makes mistakes! 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:14.370 Before turning in that paper or sending in that cover letter, let's take a look at the 00:00:14.370 --> 00:00:17.730 Proofing features that you'll find in Word 2007. 00:00:17.730 --> 00:00:21.570 You'll find these commands on the Review tab in the Proofing group. 00:00:21.570 --> 00:00:27.400 In this group there are a variety of features such as Word Count which keeps track of the 00:00:27.400 --> 00:00:31.779 number of words, lines, and paragraphs in a selection. 00:00:31.779 --> 00:00:36.030 There are also several language features that translate text, and allow you to set your 00:00:36.030 --> 00:00:38.170 language options. 00:00:38.170 --> 00:00:42.210 But the Proofing command that you will probably use most often is the Spelling and Grammar 00:00:42.210 --> 00:00:43.399 tool. 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.649 There are many ways you can use this tool. 00:00:46.649 --> 00:00:51.199 By default, the Spelling and Grammar check is on when you first use Word. 00:00:51.199 --> 00:00:57.620 You can see that as I was typing my cover letter, I misspelled two words, Dear and exceedingly. 00:00:57.620 --> 00:01:01.690 The red and blue wavy lines indicate that something is misspelled. 00:01:01.690 --> 00:01:07.230 Word uses the blue line for this awesome new feature called Contextual Spelling. 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:12.440 Sometimes you may get similar words confused as you type, such as their versus there, or 00:01:12.440 --> 00:01:18.010 in this case Dear versus Deer. 00:01:18.010 --> 00:01:22.440 Word 2007 looked at how I was using the word dear and could tell that it was misspelled 00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:23.440 in this situation. 00:01:23.440 --> 00:01:27.080 If I right click on the blue underlined word I'm given a suggestion. 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:32.970 In this case Word only gives me one option to choose from so I will click on the correct 00:01:32.970 --> 00:01:36.830 word and you will notice that the correction was made. 00:01:36.830 --> 00:01:39.940 The red line also indicates a misspelled word. 00:01:39.940 --> 00:01:46.080 All I need to do is right-click and again select the correct spelling of the word. 00:01:46.080 --> 00:01:49.560 Something looked a little out of place towards the bottom of my letter. 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:50.560 Here it is! 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:52.800 It looks as if I have too many periods! 00:01:52.800 --> 00:01:56.600 The Grammar check works using the right-click menu also. 00:01:56.600 --> 00:01:58.440 And it looks as though I was correct! 00:01:58.440 --> 00:02:00.440 I have one too many periods. 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:04.070 Let's see, something else was underlined. 00:02:04.070 --> 00:02:06.530 Ah, completes! 00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:10.130 Let's right click and see what it says about completes. 00:02:10.130 --> 00:02:14.890 As you can see I'm given a suggestion but let's go to our Grammar options and check 00:02:14.890 --> 00:02:16.620 it out. 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:22.410 If I click on Grammar, a dialogue box appears and suggests that I change completes to complete. 00:02:22.410 --> 00:02:29.890 Ok, I'll click on Change and it changes the word in my document. 00:02:29.890 --> 00:02:34.240 These lines are very helpful but they cause quite a disturbance while I'm typing. 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.620 I'm going to add an additional comma behind Sincerely to demonstrate how we can change 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:39.950 our options. 00:02:39.950 --> 00:02:45.100 I can prevent these lines from appearing as I'm typing by clicking on Spelling and Grammar. 00:02:45.100 --> 00:02:48.710 When I click on Spelling and Grammar a dialogue box appears. 00:02:48.710 --> 00:02:54.400 I can click on options and this brings up a Word Options dialogue box. 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:57.900 There are a couple of Proofing options that you can choose from but for now I just want 00:02:57.900 --> 00:02:59.810 to get rid of those lines! 00:02:59.810 --> 00:03:03.460 When Correcting Spelling and Grammar in Word seems to fit my needs. 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:09.070 I can simply remove the check from Check Spelling as You Type and click Ok. 00:03:09.070 --> 00:03:14.950 From this point on Word will not underline misspelled words in my document as I type. 00:03:14.950 --> 00:03:20.610 Remember, the Spelling and Grammar tool is not 100% correct all of the time so you may 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:24.490 want to get someone to look over your work before you turn it in! 00:03:24.490 --> 00:03:25.150 Good luck!