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How to automatically replace the suggested word in MS Word

Anonymous
2012-02-25T05:27:48+00:00

Hi, when we write some wrong word, so its underlined with red line right. then we press right click of mouse on the said word or we press the keyboard button (adjacent to Windows Logo buton, I don't know its name) to open the menu and then select the suggested word. Right.

Is there anyway that i press that particular shorcut, and the the suggested word is automatically replaced with my written word?

Please Assist me.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-02-25T14:35:59+00:00

Following up on Graham's suggestion, when you right-click on a misspelled word and get a suggested correction that is the one you want, instead of clicking on the word, instead click further down on the menu, on AutoCorrect. This will give you a flyout with the same suggestions. Click on the one you want, and the substitution will be added to your AutoCorrect entries. The next time you type that specific misspelling, it will be corrected automatically.

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Anonymous
2012-02-25T06:33:10+00:00

If you often spell the same words incorrectly then for example you could use autocorrect to replace 'buton' with 'button',  'shorcut' with 'shortcut', 'anyway' with 'any way'  and 'i' with 'I' (though the last may be set by default). It will not of course work in this forum ;)

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