Teach MS Word "New Tricks"
Posted: February 28, 2012
Occasionally we have words or acronyms we type over and over in the course of our writing assignments that Microsoft Word wants to auto correct to another word it recognizes. This can be extremely frustrating to fix manually.
Occasionally we have words or acronyms we type over and over in the course of our writing assignments that Microsoft Word wants to auto correct to another word it recognizes. This can be extremely frustrating to fix manually.
There is a solution, however. Words or acronyms you use frequently that are not recognized by Word can be added to the word processor’s dictionary in order to stop the auto correct frustration.
1. In Microsoft Word, go to “File” menu and select “Options”
2. Select “Proofing” and click the “AutoCorrect” tab and on this page, in the “Replace” box
(located in the middle of the page), type the word you want to add and its auto correct replacement should appear in the “with box”.
3. Click on the “Delete” button.
4. In the same “Replace” box, again type the word you want to keep and then type it again in
the “With” box. Click on the “Add” button. If your word is an acronym and you type it in its
all upper case format, Microsoft Word will replace the lower case version with the upper case
version.
5. Click “OK” button to finish and close.
Biz Tip Provided by Doug Gilmer