Office 2013 - Word Intermediate - Proofing Tools
In this course you will learn how to use the proofing tools in Word 2013. By making use of these tools, you can be sure that the spelling and grammar in your work is always correct.
Learning Objectives
- Identify Spelling Errors
- Identify Grammar Errors
- Amend Spelling
- Hide Spelling Errors
- Hide Grammar Errors
- Check Spelling
- Use Grammar Checker
- Use the Thesaurus
Course Overview
In this course you looked at Word's Proofing tools the spelling and grammar checker and the thesaurus.
Spelling mistakes are underlined with red wavy lines and an x appears in the spelling icon at the bottom of the screen.
Grammatical errors appear with green wavy lines.
Spelling Checker helps find any spelling mistakes by comparing words against its own dictionary.
Grammar Checker uses rules that are associated with the selected Writing Style. The Spelling and Grammar Checker is located in the Proofing group on the Review tab
If you regularly make certain typos, then add them to the AutoCorrect list so they will be automatically corrected.
The Thesaurus presents alternative words with similar meanings to the selected word and is found in the Proofing group on the Review tab
Course Duration
40 minutes
