Spell Check For Excel 2008 Mac Dictionary User

Spell Check For Excel 2008 Mac Dictionary User

See also Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac Dictionary User Guide.

You can turn off these features, and use other options while typing emails, messages, or documents.

Ask Siri. Say something like: How do you spell word Learn more about Siri.

Use autocorrection When your spelling is checked, misspelled words are underlined in red, and suggested corrections are shown.

On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Text.

Open the Text pane for me Select the Correct spelling automatically checkbox.

Ignore suggestions: Press the Escape key, then continue typing.

Undo autocorrections: An automatically corrected word is briefly underlined in blue.

To revert to your original spelling, put the insertion point after the word to show your original spelling, then choose your spelling.

You can also Control-click the word to show your spelling, then choose it.

To turn off autocorrection for a specific app, open the app, then choose Edit Spelling and Grammar Correct Spelling Automatically (its off when a checkmark isnt shown).

If an apps Edit menu doesnt include a spelling or grammar command, check its preferences or menus to see if it has its own spell checker.

Note: To have the first word of a sentence and proper nouns (such as, California or Tim) automatically capitalized as you type, select the Capitalize words automatically checkbox in the Text pane of Keyboard preferences.

Check grammar: Choose Edit Spelling and Grammar Check Grammar With Spelling (a checkmark shows its on).

Move the pointer over an underlined word to see a description of the problem.

Ignore misspellings: Control-click a word, then choose Ignore Spelling.

The word is ignored if it occurs again in the document (it will be highlighted in other documents).

Add words to the spelling dictionary: Control-click a word, then choose Learn Spelling.

Remove a word from the spelling dictionary: Control-click a word, then choose Unlearn Spelling.

If youre checking a long document, it may be easier to use the Spelling and Grammar window.

Change which languages are spell checked automatically By default, spelling is checked automatically no matter which language youre using on your Mac.

Do one of the following: Check spelling for one language: Click the Spelling pop-up menu, then choose the language.

Check spelling for multiple languages: Click the Spelling pop-up menu, choose Set Up, select each language to check automatically, then click Done.

Spell Check For Excel 2008 For Mac