How to Use Spelling and Grammar Checking in Word 2007

Word 2007, like most word processing software, has a spelling and grammar check. These are very useful tools, no matter how you use Word 2007. Letters, homework, papers and other tasks that you do in Word 2007 will always be free of spelling and grammar errors. The following will teach you how to use the spelling and grammar checking in Word 2007. Read on to learn more.

Instructions

1. Look at the options Word 2007 gives you. You can check your work one of two ways. You can have your document checked automatically as you type or you can set it to not check automatically and just use it when you are finished typing your document.

2. Display the proofing options. In order to use spelling and grammar checking you must first turn on the proofing options. Click on the "Microsoft Office" button and then "Word Options". Hit on "Proofing."

3. Choose to have Word 2007 automatically check your spelling and grammar as you type. To have the automatic checker on, after selecting "Proofing" you would pick "Auto Correct Options" and select "Check Spelling as You Type." If you don't want to have your work checked automatically, then uncheck the "Check Spelling as You Type" box.

4. Add to the list of misspelled words. If you know you usually misspell a word, you can add it to the list of words Word 2007 will automatically replace. To do this you would type the word in the "replace" box, for example, "noone," then in the "with" box you would type "no one" and click on "Add." You must have "Replace Text as You Type" selected to use this option.

5. Turn the grammar options on by following Step 2 and selecting "Options" after turning "Proofing" on. You would then select "Check Grammar as You Type" to turn the automatic checking on or uncheck it to turn it off. You can modify any of the settings to customize it to your style or you can leave the settings as they are.

Tips & Warnings

• If you turn the spelling and grammar checking box off or on while you have Word 2007 open, it will affect all the open documents.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Choose how spelling and grammar checking work.
• Spelling, grammar, and thesaurus.
• How to turn off automatic spelling checking and automatic grammar checking in Office programs.