Controlling Spelling Settings

The Spelling&Grammar tab of the Options dialog box (see Figure 5.5) gives you extensive control over how you interact with Word's spell checker. You can display this dialog box by clicking the Options button in the Spelling and Grammar dialog box, or by choosing Tools, Options, and clicking the Spelling&Grammar tab.

You've already learned about the first two options in this dialog box: Check Sp elling as You Type and Hide Spelling Errors in This Document. Word also offers you several additional controls:

  • Always Suggest Corrections. Word's spelling suggestions are often inaccurate in highly technical documents or documents that contain a lot of arcane jargon. For such documents, to save time, you might want to disable ...

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