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we all make mistakes when we type
luckily word comes with several
different tools that can help you
proofread your document and correct any
mistakes let's take a look to run a full
spelling and grammar check go to the
review tab click the spelling and
grammar command and a pane will open on
the right from here word will walk you
through the errors in your document to
correct an error click one of their
suggestions then click Change this will
update your document and also take you
to the next error automatically now
spellcheck isn't perfect sometimes it'll
say a word is spelled wrong when it
isn't like people's names
street names and other unique proper
nouns if that happens you have a couple
different options ignore we'll skip the
word one time without changing it ignore
all we'll skip the word every time it
appears in your document add will add
the word to your dictionary permanently
so it never comes up as an error again
just make sure the word is spelled
correctly before you go with this option
at this point even though I'm not done
I'm going to close the spelling and
grammar' pane so we can take a look at
the automatic spelling and grammar check
instead by default word is actually
designed to mark spelling and grammar
errors while you type that's what these
little wavy lines are for so you can
check your document manually like I just
showed you or you can refer to the marks
and make corrections as you go here's
how it works
red means that there's a spelling error
to correct it all you have to do is
right-click then choose the proper
spelling from the menu blue means that
there's some kind of grammatical error
in this example it looks like I used the
wrong word in the context of the
sentence I should have used there as in
let's have the party at their house word
can be pretty good at picking up on
errors like this but there are certain
things that it's set to ignore by
default including sentence fragments
poor sentence structure and other common
grammar mistakes to include these things
in your grin
or check you'll need to adjust the
default proofing settings to do this go
to the backstage view click options in
the left pane then navigate to proofing
in the dialog box to customize your
grammar settings look for writing style
near the bottom of the window then click
the Settings button to the right and
another dialog box will appear here you
can choose to check grammar only or
grammar and also style which will cause
word to be more strict about the style
of your writing you can also turn
specific items on or off to better suit
your needs if you want word to check for
sentence fragments and run-ons for
example make sure you check the box here
there are still lots of other ways that
you can customize your settings
depending on your preferences for
instance you can stop word for marking
spelling and grammar errors while you
type if the feature ever gets annoying
you can also turn off frequently
confused words like there vs. there keep
in mind your spelling and grammar
choices only apply to your copy of word
so if you ignore any errors or add a
word to your dictionary for example your
name those wavy lines will reappear when
you send the document to someone else
you can avoid this issue by hiding
spelling and grammar errors in this
particular document just check the two
boxes near the bottom of the window when
you're done click OK and now the errors
are hidden this feature can be really
useful as long as you're confident that
your document is correct it's still a
good idea to have someone look over your
work just to make sure where it hasn't
missed anything important