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 NMMI Faq-O-Matic : Information Systems, Communications, & Technologies : Computers : Software : MS Outlook (Email) :
Does Outlook/OWA(Outlook Web Access) have a spell checker and how does it work? |
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Yes! Outlook does have a spelling checker but you have to initiate the verification. Open the item you want to check (you can check spelling in any Outlook item--email messages, notes, appointments, etc.) and click in the text box or body. Select Tools, Spelling (or simply press F7). If Outlook finds a word that appears to be misspelled, it will present you with a list of alternative words. Choose the correctly spelled word and click Change. If your spelling is so bad that Outlook's suggestions don't even come close, you can fix the spelling yourself in the Change To box and then click Change. The spelling checker will check the correction you add in the Change To box.
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Would you like to ALWAYS check you spelling on all outgoing emails before you send them? You can do this in Outlook (2003) by selecting the following checkbox:
Tools, Options, Spelling Tab, Always check spelling before sending
2007-Oct-15 3:37pm bryan@nmmi.edu | |
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New with Exchange 2007, Outlook Web Access (OWA) also includes a spell checker. To use it, you must use Internet Explorer and not the "Outlook Web Access Light" version. Once you create the message, you should see the new "Check Spelling" icon at the top, the one with "ABC" on a blue check mark. Once clicked, any errors are underlined in red.
Firefox users may also notice red underlines in the text fields indicating spelling errors. Right clicking on these red underlined spelling errors offers alternatives. 2007-Dec-28 4:59pm bryan@nmmi.edu | |
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