The Word editor has a separate tool for checking punctuation, grammar and spelling rules. Correct configuration of this function will turn it into an indispensable assistant that will be able to control and eliminate errors made by the user, suggest synonyms of words for certain styles, and much more.
How to check spelling in Word? To do this, go to the "Review" tab and select the "ABC" icon. Then Word will independently demonstrate existing typos or errors, underlining them.
If, when writing text, some words are highlighted with red or green wavy lines, then this option is active. Right-click above a word to access the spelling features of Word. The displayed menu will show you the options for correcting, as well as commands to ignore and more detailed explanation of the error.
How to enable spell check in Word?
Depending on the version of the program you are using, take the necessary steps:
Turn on auto-checking in Word 2013, 2010, 2007:
Click the "Office" button and select "Word Options" and then the item responsible for the correct spelling:
- In the "Exceptions for" section, click on the "Current file name" field.
- Uncheck the box next to "Hide errors in this document."
These actions will enable auto-checking for the current file, to apply it always in the first step select "All new documents".
Check Spelling in Word 2003:
This option is also available in earlier versions of the program, to enable it you should go to the path: "Service / Options / Spelling" and check the box next to "Check spelling automatically".
Using such a powerful word processor, it is foolish to consult a dictionary for the correct spelling of controversial words and phrases. Let Word do this thankless job! But the editor does not react in any way to outright provocations and pretends that our writings are an example of the literacy of the Russian language. Realizing that this is impossible, we ask ourselves the question: how to enable spelling check in Microsoft Word? The answer is below.
Automatic spell checker
To enable this function, you must click "File" - "Options" - "Spelling". In the window that appears, mark the required fields with a tick and click the "Save" button.
Attention! If a different Cyrillic keyboard layout (Ukrainian or Belarusian) is used for typing Russian words, the entire typed text may be underlined with an error. Be careful!
Adding unknown words
To add such words to the program dictionary and exclude its underlining in the future, you need to select it (or a phrase), press RMB and select "Add to Dictionary" in the context menu. When you click on the "Skip" option, this lexical structure will no longer be highlighted in this document.
Attention! All of the above ways to enable spelling work in versions starting with Microsoft Word 2007 and newer.
Enabling spell checkers
If, for some reason, while checking the spelling, a notification appears with the text "Spell check completed" or "Spelling checkers for the language are not installed", you need to do the following:
- Enter "This PC" - "Uninstall and change a program".
- Find Microsoft Office in the list of applications, click on it and click the "Change" button.
- In the window that appears, select "Add or remove components" and click "Continue".
- Navigate to "General Office Tools" - "Spelling Tools" - "Russian Spelling Tools" - "Spelling and Grammar Checking". By clicking on the button (as shown in the screenshot) and calling the context menu, select "Run from my computer".
Turn on spell checking for the selected language
If you are typing in other languages, the spell check may not work. To enable it you need:
Now you can be 90% confident in the literacy of your text. But after learning how to enable spelling check in Word, do not forget to follow the neologisms and those words that are absent in the editor's database or have multiple meanings.
Not everyone's knowledge of the Russian language is perfect. Use computer assistants to fix annoying text errors. To do this, in Microsoft Word, for example, you just need to turn on the spell checker in Word.
- For Word 2003: Tools - Options - Spelling - Check spelling automatically (check the box). Here you can also check grammar by checking the box next to "Check grammar automatically".
- For Word 2007: Office - Word Options - Spelling - Select "Check spelling automatically".
- For Word 2010: Review - Spelling - click the "Spelling" button. To install the automatic spell checker, do the following: File - Help - Options - click the "Spelling" button. To enable / disable spelling and grammar checking in the current document, go to the "Exceptions for" section and click "Current file name". Clear or select the check boxes next to "Hide grammatical errors in this document" and "Hide spelling errors in this document." To turn spell checking on or off for all new documents you create, under Exceptions for, select All New Documents and select or clear the boxes next to Hide grammar errors in this document and Hide spelling errors in this document.
Spelling can be checked online and in a browser. How to enable spell checker, briefly in our instructions. First of all, you need to open the desired browser.
Mozilla Firefox
Follow the link Dictionaries and localizations. Then go to the browser menu in "Edit" - "Settings" - "Advanced" and click on the "General" tab. Check the box next to "Check spelling while typing".
If it doesn't help, go to any site and right-click on the comment field, in the window that appears, put a checkmark in front of "Spelling check".
Opera
This browser has an automatically built-in spell checker. To check it, in the text field you need to right-click and mark "Spelling check". Basically, that's all. Nothing complicated, right? Moving on to the next web browser.
Google chrome
Enter "Customize and manage Google Chrome", select "Settings". At the end of the page, click on "Show advanced settings". Find "Languages" and click on the "Language settings and spell checker ..." button. Check the box next to "Enable spelling check" and click OK.
IE (Internet Explorer)
Online spell checker is not supported in this browser. In this case, use the Speckie plugin, which is downloaded from the developer's official site. After installation in the context menu add Russian in the "Dictionaries" section. The program is only supported in IE versions 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Safari
Typically, this browser has the spell check feature enabled automatically. If not, on the toolbar in the right corner in the "Menu" in the section "Edit" - "Spelling and grammar", check the box and click on the "OK" button.
Everyone makes mistakes. In this case, we are talking about spelling errors. When writing, and especially when typing in text editors, the user can make a mistake typing a particular word. This happens for various reasons, such as ignorance of the rules of the Russian language or a simple typo due to speed dialing. But in times of technological progress, text editors are able to automatically detect all errors and suggest ways to solve them.
This article will discuss how to enable spelling check in Word, how to use it, and much more, which somehow relates to correcting typos in typed text.
Enabling spell checking
Initially, it is worth paying attention to the question of how to enable spelling check in the "Word". Although it is enabled by default after installation, for some reason the user can disable it without knowing it. In such cases, use the instructions below to resume the operation of this tool.
- While on the main page of the program, click the "File" button located in the upper left corner.
- In the menu that appears, go to the "Options" section.
- In the window that appears, click on the "Spelling" item located on the left panel.
- In the menu "When using spelling in all the checkmarks next to the items.
- In the "File Exceptions" menu, uncheck the boxes that are located there.
- Click the OK button.
Now you know how to enable automatic spell checker in Word. After completing all these actions, the program does not need to be restarted, all changes take effect immediately after clicking the "OK" button.
Check spelling in automatic mode
After you have found out where in the "Word" to enable spell check, you can immediately proceed directly to using this tool. First of all, we will analyze the execution of all actions in automatic mode. This does not mean that you do not have to do anything, on the contrary, the program will automatically point you to the suspected spelling errors, and you will decide what you need to do to fix them.
So, suppose you have a document open in front of you that has errors. In this case, they are underlined with colored lines (red, blue or green). To start correcting them, you need to open the Spelling toolbar. To do this, press the F7 key or the "Spelling" button, which is located in the "Review" tab.
After that, the "Spelling" panel will appear on the right side of the window, in which all actions will take place. Immediately, the problem word will be highlighted in the text, and you will need to decide what to do with it. There are four actions to choose from:
- Skip - you skip the suspected error and move on to the next word, and the highlight disappears.
- Ignore All - you skip all errors in the text by deselecting them.
- Add - you add a word to the program dictionary so that when it finds the same error, the program does not perceive it.
- Change - you change the misspelled word to the one selected from the list of suggestions.
- Change All - you change all similar misspelled words to one selected from the list.
Knowing the meaning of all the buttons on the panel, you can easily correct all errors in the text. As a last resort, if none of the corrections are correct, you can replace the word yourself.
Check spelling in manual mode
You already know how to enable automatic mode. However, this is not the only way to correct all errors in the text. Now we will figure out in detail how to enable the spell check in Word in manual mode.
To complete the task, you need to initially pay attention to the underlines themselves in the text. We already know that these are errors. You can fix them not only by pressing F7, but also with the right mouse button (RMB). This is done simply: move the cursor over the underlined word and press RMB, in the context menu, in addition to the usual items, additional items will appear that duplicate the buttons in the "Spelling" panel, you already know their meaning. All that remains is to select the required action and click on the corresponding line.
Conclusion
Now you know not only how to enable spell check in Word, but also how to use it. As you can see, the essence is simple, you just need to specify the desired action, and the program will replace everything on its own.
Microsoft Word automatically checks spelling and grammar errors as you write. Words written with errors, but contained in the program's dictionary, can be automatically replaced with the correct ones (if the autocorrect function is enabled); also, the built-in dictionary offers its own spellings. The same words and phrases that are not in the dictionary are underlined with wavy red and blue lines, depending on the type of error.
It should be said that underlining errors, as well as their automatic correction, are possible only if this parameter is enabled in the program settings and, as mentioned above, it is enabled by default. However, for some reason this parameter may not be active, that is, it may not work. Below we will explain how to enable spell checker in MS Word.
1. Open the menu "File" (in earlier versions of the program, you must press the button "MS Office").
2. Find and open the item there "Options" (previously "Word Options").
3. In the window that appears in front of you, select the section "Spelling".
4. Check all the boxes in the section "When correcting spelling in Word"and also uncheck the boxes in the section "File Exceptions"if installed there. Click "OK"to close the window "Options".
Note: Checkmark opposite the item "Show readability statistics" can be omitted.
5. Checking the spelling in Word (spelling and grammar) will be enabled for all documents, including those that you will create in the future.
Note: In addition to misspelled words and phrases, the text editor also underlines unknown words that are not in the built-in dictionary. This dictionary is common to all Microsoft Office programs. In addition to unknown words, the words that are written in a language other than the main language of the text and / or the language of the currently active spelling package are also underlined with a red wavy line.
- Advice: To add an underlined word to the program dictionary and thereby exclude its underline, right-click on it, and then select "Add to Dictionary"... If necessary, you can skip checking this word by selecting the appropriate item.
That's all, from this short article you learned why Word does not highlight errors and how to fix it. Now all misspelled words and phrases will be underlined, which means you will see where you made a mistake and can correct it. Master Word and don't make mistakes.
