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Autocorrect in Online Word

Anonymous
2016-03-29T08:35:11+00:00

Hi!

I'm using online word, and as far as I remember, in the desktop version it was possible to ignore some words and to add or remove some. My biggest pain now is that online word is correcting the word "it" to "lit" when i'm typing it "too fast" there are a couple of more words with this symtpome and I'd like to know where I can check the autocorrect settings in online word if it's possible. if not, then i'd like to know why on earh is IT corrected to LIT, in what universe is LIT more often used as IT? :)

thanks guys!

Edit: what i also don't want is to make (dotted) lists out of my conversations which are starting with - (dash). But i don't want to turn the autocorrect off, since it helps with capitalising sentences, typos, appostrophes, etc. So generally autocorrect is a big thumb up, but sometimes you put that thumb somewherer it doesn't belong...

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-04-18T11:30:09+00:00

    This topic is about Word Online. I am perfectly aware of this option in desktop app, but it is not available in Word Online.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-01T10:23:52+00:00

    Hi, 

    Thank you for bring the feedback to us. It would be good if you could help check your language setting to make sure it's not due to the vocabulary in another language. It is on the left bottom of your editing window.

    If the language is properly set, we will need further investigation on this matter. In the meantime, you might be able to bypass this issue by clicking that bar and choosing a different language. It's just a workaround for now since the spellchecker will not work as expected in a different language setting.

    Thanks,

    Jie

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-29T22:49:41+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Office Community.

    As per your query, you can use auto-correct option in Word application. But, this feature is not available in Word online. So, I suggest you to provide your feedback to Microsoft regarding this issue. Open Word online> click on File> Help> Give feedback to Microsoft.

    Hope this helps. Please post to us if you need any further assistance with Office.

    Thank you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-04-18T08:00:58+00:00

    Hi,

    I have a huge problem with auto correction to bullet list. In polish written language all dialogues start with "-", so I have to use ctrl+z very frequently.

    Please make possible to turn it off.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-10-04T21:46:33+00:00

    Please add a feature to turn off auto correct in Word Online. I like to make notes using - space like this:

    • First idea
    • Second idea
    • Third idea

    and do not want Word Online automatically inserting bullet points which is what happens now after you type -/space/word/enter

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