Autocorrect:

Fix common typos like “teh” instead of “the”

Capitalizes the first letter of the days of the week. So “Monday” becomes “Monday”

Capitalize the first letter of sentences

Fix incorrect use of the Caps Lock key, such as “SHOULD”

Correct two initial caps like “Should”

These options can be customized to suit you.

To open AutoCorrect Options:

in word 2003

Click Tools > AutoCorrect Options

in word 2007

Click the Office Button > Word Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options

Check or uncheck the required options and click OK

Add an AutoCorrect entry

You can add an entry to the AutoCorrect dictionary. This is a fantastic feature to use to improve your productivity. It can greatly speed up data entry and also help reduce spelling errors.

After you add an entry or change AutoCorrect options in Word, they are updated in all Microsoft Office applications, improving your productivity when you use Excel or Outlook as well.

Let’s say I want to add Microsoft Office training to the dictionary so that whenever you enter mso in a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, automatically replaces the text with Microsoft Office training.

1. Open AutoCorrect Options as mentioned above, depending on the version of Microsoft Word you are using.

2. Enter mso in the Replace box:

3. Enter Microsoft Office training in the With box:

4. Click OK

5. Click OK again

Now every time you walk in mso in an Office application, the text is automatically replaced with Microsoft Office training.

Prevent automatic text replacement

When Word replaces text, a blue line appears below the first letter of the first word entered. If you point your mouse at this blue line, a smart tag with auto-correct options will appear.

This tag allows you to prevent Word from automatically changing mso. This is useful when you need to enter the text mso. They can be someone’s initials, an acronym, or the name of a project or company.

Click the AutoCorrect Options smart tag and select Switch back to “mso” or Stop autocorrecting “mso”.

This is useful but not particularly efficient. A good trick of the trade when using AutoCorrect is to prepend a symbol to the word to be replaced. For example, instead of mso we could have used /mso Prayed ?mso.

By using a set prefix for all your custom AutoCorrect entries, you will avoid the possibility of using the word mso in the future and AutoCorrect incorrectly replaces the word with Microsoft Office training.

Delete an AutoCorrect entry

To remove an entry:

1.Open AutoCorrect Options

2. Enter the first few letters of the word in the Replace: box and select the word from the list

3. Click Delete