Proofreading
- 2. You can check the spelling and grammar in the file all at once, or can let the spelling and grammar checkers suggest corrections automatically while you work On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Spelling & Grammar SPELLING & GRAMMAR
- 3. If the program finds spelling mistakes, a dialog box or task pane appears with the first misspelled word found by the spelling checker After you resolve each misspelled word, the program flags the next misspelled word so that you can decide what you want to do
- 4. When you check the spelling automatically as you type, you can be more confident that you won't have to correct many spelling mistakes Red wavy underline denotes spelling error Green wavy underline denotes grammar error Blue wavy underline denotes word-usage error *Example: using “witch” instead of “which” Right-click on word to see suggested corrections AUTOMATIC SPELL CHECK
- 5. Using the thesaurus, you can look up synonyms (different words with the same meaning) and antonyms (words with the opposite meaning) On the Review tab, click Thesaurus Press ALT and click the word that you want to look up Results appear in the Research task pane THESAURUS
- 6. Comments: Inserts editorial comments about selected text Allows you to “mark” documents without printing them out On the Review tab, click “ New Comment” Before clicking “New Comment”, make sure your mouse is positioned where you want to insert the comment COMMENTS
- 8. Allows you to view all the changes you have made to a document On the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click Track Changes When you turn off change tracking, you can revise the document without marking what has changed To remove tracked changes, use the Accept and Reject commands on the Review tab in the Changes group TRACK CHANGES