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Don't worry - we all make mistakes when we
type.

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Lucky for us, Word's got us covered with a
host of proofing features, including the Spelling

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and Grammar tool.

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To run a full spelling and grammar check,
all you have to do is go to Review, then Spelling

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and Grammar.

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Word will cycle through every error in your
document, giving you the chance to select

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one of their suggestions, or type the corrections
yourself.

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Click Change to accept the correction and
move on to the next error.

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The spelling and grammar check isn't perfect,
though.

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Sometimes it misses grammatical errors; sometimes
it says something's spelled wrong when it

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isn't - like people's names.

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If that happens, you have a couple options.

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For a spelling error, Ignore Once will skip
the word one time without changing it;

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Ignore All will skip the word every time it
appears in the document;

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and Add to Dictionary will learn the word
so it never comes up as an error again.

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Just make sure that it is spelled correctly
before you choose this option.

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Now I'd like to close this dialog box so we
can take a look at the auto-check that's taking

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place.

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You may not even need to run a separate check
because, by default, Word marks spelling and

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grammar errors automatically, using these
little wavy lines.

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Red is a spelling error; green is a grammatical
error; and blue (which is turned off at first

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but can be turned on) is something called
a contextual spelling error.

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So, let's look at what I did wrong.

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I spelled the word "no" correctly, as in "no
thank you"; but I should have used the word

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"know," as in "now I know my ABCs."

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To correct these spelling and grammar errors,
just right-click, and choose the proper spelling

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or phrase here.

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Looks like I also misspelled "fourteen"...

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and used the word "learn" incorrectly.

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Ah, I should have used "learned."

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If you're curious about changing the auto-check
settings, just go to the Backstage View, then

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Options and Proofing.

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You can uncheck the boxes here if you don't
want Word to automatically check your spelling,

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or use contextual spelling, or mark grammar
errors as you type.

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These settings only apply to your computer,
though.

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So, if you choose to ignore any errors and
then send a document to someone else - like

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in an email to a potential employer - they'll
still see those little wavy lines.

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The good news is that you can hide errors
in just this document by checking these boxes,

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"Hide spelling errors" and "Hide grammar errors
in this document only."

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Now click OK...

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and the errors are no longer marked.

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It's still a good idea to have someone look
over your work before you send it off, though,

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just to be safe.

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Happy proofing!