How to do a Spelling and Grammar check
Once you’ve typed your document, you may want to check the spelling. To start the spell check process, press the Spelling and Grammar button or click the Tools menu and select Spelling and Grammar. Pressing [F7] will also start the process. Microsoft Word checks for spelling errors by using its main dictionary, which contains the most common words. When a misspelled word or a word is found that isn’t in the spelling dictionary, the dialog box will list the misspelling and suggested corrections. Click on the correct word in the list and click Change to accept the correctly spelled word. If the word is spelled correctly, you can click Ignore and the spell check continues.
Word also checks the grammar of the document as it checks the spelling. As with spelling errors, suggestions are provided for different sentence wording or corrections for sentences Word thinks are grammatically incorrect.
While typing a document, misspelled words will be underlined in red and grammatical errors will be underlined in green. To turn the spelling and/or grammar functions off, click the Tools menu and select Options. Click the Spelling & Grammar tab and uncheck Check spelling as you type and/or Check grammar as you type.
