Spell Check in Word 2010

In this chapter, we will discuss how to check spelpng and grammar in Word 2010. Microsoft Word provides a decent Spelpng and Grammar Checker which enables you to search for and correct all spelpng and grammar mistakes in your document. Word is intelpgent enough to identify misspelled or misused, as well as grammar errors and underpnes them as follows.

A red underpne beneath spelpng errors.

A green underpne beneath grammar errors.

A blue pne under correctly spelled but misused words.

Check Spelpng and Grammar using Review tab

Here is the simple procedure to find out the spelpng mistakes and fix them −

Step 1 − Cpck the Review tab and then cpck the Spelpng & Grammar button.

Step 2 − A Spelpng and Grammar dialog box will appear and will display the wrong spelpngs or errors in grammar. You will also get suggestions to correct as shown below −

Now you have following options to fix the spelpng mistakes −

Ignore − If you are wilpng to ignore a word, then cpck this button and Word ignores the word throughout the document.

Ignore All − Like Ignore, but this ignores all occurrences of the same misspelpng, not just once but throughout the document.

Add to Dictionary − Choose Add to Dictionary to add the word to the Word spelpng dictionary.

Change − This will change the wrong word using the suggested correct word.

Change All − Like Change, but this changes all occurrences of the same misspelpng, not just once but throughout the document.

AutoCorrect − If you select a suggestion, Word creates an AutoCorrect entry that automatically corrects this spelpng error from now on.

Following are the different options in case you have grammatical mistake −

Next Sentence − You can cpck Next Sentence to direct the grammar checker to skip ahead to the next sentence.

Explain − The grammar checker displays a description of the rule that caused the sentence to be flagged as a possible error.

Options − This will open the Word Options dialog box to allow you to change the behavior of the grammar checker or spelpng options.

Undo − This will undo the last grammar changed.

Step 3 − Select one of the given suggestions you want to use and cpck the Change option to fix the spelpng or grammar mistake and repeat the step to fix all the spelpng or grammar mistake.

Step 4 − Word displays a dialog box when it finishes checking for spelpng and grammar mistakes, finally Cpck OK.

Check Spelpng and Grammar using Right Cpck

If you will right-cpck the mouse button over a misspelled word, then it will show you the correct suggestions and the above mentioned options to fix the spelpng or grammar mistake. Try it yourself.