spelling and grammar

[Harve]

I am taking a class in using Word, and the lab computers are all
Windows machines. My residence machine is an iMac with OSX.2.8 The
windows machines allow for automatically CORRECTING spelling while I
type. Is that something which is unavailable on Office for MAC, or have
I simply not figured out how to activate it yet. My spelling preference
box for "check spelling as you type" is selected, but I haven't found any
options which refer to "correct" while typing. Thanks

 

[Clive Huggan]

Good morning Captain,

In Word 2001 and other versions, including on Windows (though if you are
using Word X I'm not sure if it's exactly the same, because I'm still using
2001), go to Tools menu -> AutoCorrect -> "AutoCorrect" tab -> down the
bottom, check "Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker". But
be prepared for the "suggestions" to not necessarily be what you expected
every time.

--Clive Huggan
Wing Commander

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[Clive Huggan]

Hello Harve,

Sorry I used the wrong appellation and a perhaps perplexing sign-off in the
post I made a few minutes ago -- I confused you with "Captain Marvel", to
whom I was thinking of replying a few posts earlier, on another thread.
(Well, I wouldn't blame you if you have already branded me as a loony. But
in my defence I submit that I *am* a retired Royal Australian Air Force wing
commander; I only sign off as such to posters with military ambitions such
as Captain Marvel; and it's all in fun!)

More importantly, I forgot to mention in my first post that there is some
discussion that you might find useful about recommended settings for Word in
some notes on the way I use Word, called "Bend Word to your Will",
downloadable at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm (at
about page 28 -- but please read the intro before that if you do look it
up). If you are just starting off in Word, some of the material may be more
advanced than you need right now, but the settings recommendations might be
helpful -- and if you get your brain around styles in particular you will be
well on the way to using Word much more efficiently. Apart from the articles
on styles and the appendices, the rest of the notes are fairly independent,
dictionary-style topics.

Only download the main article (i.e., the one titled "Word document:
Stuffit"), not the template -- there is a minor glitch in the template and a
new one will be uploaded soon; and you won't need the template immediately
anyway, if at all.

One of the best pieces of advice is to visit this newsgroup frequently --
the range of problems, and the expertise of participants, is amazing.

Cheers,

Clive