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AutoCorrect Option
I'm using Word 2003, have the "Check Spelling as You Type" checkbox selected
in the Tools, Options Menu, and checked "Replace Text as You Type" in the AutoCorrect dialog box. What is the purpose of the "Automatically Use Suggestions From The Spelling Checker" cheeckbox? I see no difference with it checked or unchecked. What is it supposed to do? |
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Hi Loris-
AutoCorrect uses only the one specific replacement as listed in the AutoCorrect list if you don't have a check in that box. I believe that if the box is checked the feature still replaces with the same item as long as it coincides with what the Spell Check dictionary offers. IOW the spell check offering 'overrides' the AutoCorrect replacement. Typically, however, they will be the same. Regards |:) On 9/11/05 1:38 PM, in article , "Loris" wrote: I'm using Word 2003, have the "Check Spelling as You Type" checkbox selected in the Tools, Options Menu, and checked "Replace Text as You Type" in the AutoCorrect dialog box. What is the purpose of the "Automatically Use Suggestions From The Spelling Checker" cheeckbox? I see no difference with it checked or unchecked. What is it supposed to do? |
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It will use suggestions from the spelling checker, in addition to the list
in the AutoCorrect dialog. Here's an example I ran into a few versions back (since I usually have this off, I don't have many examples): I write about slavery, so I occasionally use the word "negro" in quotations. Word's spelling checker, which apparently lives in the 1960s, thinks "negro" should always be capitalized. If I check that box, then AutoCorrect will capitalize "negro" to "Negro" for me, even though no AutoCorrect entry exists specifying that. You probably want it off, unless you have a very high degree of trust in Word's spelling checker. The really common mistakes that 99% of us would want corrected (e.g. teh to the) are mostly entered in the AutoCorrect list (which is why you don't see a difference) and you can always add your own. On 9/11/05 10:38 AM, "Loris" wrote: I'm using Word 2003, have the "Check Spelling as You Type" checkbox selected in the Tools, Options Menu, and checked "Replace Text as You Type" in the AutoCorrect dialog box. What is the purpose of the "Automatically Use Suggestions From The Spelling Checker" cheeckbox? I see no difference with it checked or unchecked. What is it supposed to do? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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To add to what CyberTaz and Daiya have said, my understanding is that this
setting causes Word to "correct" a misspelling that *doesn't* have a specific AutoCorrect entry provided there is only a single suggestion. That is, if you right-click on a misspelled word and see only one selection for correction, this option would cause Word to make that substitution automatically. Obviously, Word will not choose between/among two or more suggestions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Loris" wrote in message ... I'm using Word 2003, have the "Check Spelling as You Type" checkbox selected in the Tools, Options Menu, and checked "Replace Text as You Type" in the AutoCorrect dialog box. What is the purpose of the "Automatically Use Suggestions From The Spelling Checker" cheeckbox? I see no difference with it checked or unchecked. What is it supposed to do? |
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