This is a plea for the good of mankind! The use of auto-correction for
spelling in Word harms people's understanding of the language. It does not
need to be eliminated, but its use should be discouraged among students and
poor readers/writers. It is a necessity in certain work environments, of
course, but it should not correct complex words like "anomoly," where a
person should at least have to take one extra step before seeing the proper
spelling.

Whatever. Is anyone ever going to see this?

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Word does not correct most misspellings unless you have the "Automatically
use suggestions from the spelling checker" box checked in Tools |
AutoCorrect Options. I believe this is unchecked by default. Although some
of the AutoCorrect entries are common misspellings, many are really just
typos, and the use of AutoCorrect to insert large chunks of text is so
valuable that I would be very loath to sacrifice it (though it is possible
to do so by clearing the check box for "Replace as you type").

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"SpellingBee" wrote in message
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This is a plea for the good of mankind! The use of auto-correction for
spelling in Word harms people's understanding of the language. It does not
need to be eliminated, but its use should be discouraged among students
and
poor readers/writers. It is a necessity in certain work environments, of
course, but it should not correct complex words like "anomoly," where a
person should at least have to take one extra step before seeing the
proper
spelling.

Whatever. Is anyone ever going to see this?

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.


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