How to use spell check in Microsoft Word to eliminate typos and grammatical errors

You can spell check in Microsoft Word by using its built-in spelling and grammar checker. If enabled, it will automatically ...

5 ways to fix spell check in Microsoft Word when it isn't working

If Microsoft Word's spell check isn't working, there are several common troubleshooting methods you can try.
PC World

10 Spelling Checker Secrets for Microsoft Word

Check spelling as you type, or not? Choose here. You use Word’s spelling checker every day, and probably just as often encounter some of the tool’s puzzling behavior. Do you know how to get rid of a ...
Houston Chronicle

Enabling Spell Check in Word Office 365 on Windows 8

When you misspell a word in Microsoft's Office 365 Web Apps, the app relies entirely on your browser's spell check feature to correct it. On a computer running the Windows 8 operating system, however, ...
Reason

Microsoft Word Spell Check

Microsoft Word's spell check has come a long way from when a googly-eyed paper clip unfailingly assumed you were writing a letter. Now it accurately spots grammatical mistakes, autocorrects misspelled ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft Word Spell Check "Ignore" options. Am I losing my mind?

Hello. I apologize for asking a such an application-specific question in this general forum, but I am desperate. In Microsoft Word, under Windows 7, I'm finding that the "Ignore" and the "Ignore All" ...
Lifehacker

tinySpell Adds Spell-Check to Notepad, Wordpad, and Other Windows Apps

Windows: Most office suites and word processors have spell-check built in, but if you're working in a tool like Notepad, Wordpad, a web browser, or another tool that won't automatically check your ...
Redmond Magazine

Q&A: Use Word's Spell Checker in .NET

If you know that the user has Microsoft Word installed—hardly a rare occurrence—you can use the spell check engine provided by Word. In this case, you can prompt a dialog box that provides the ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Use spell-checker, but beware its deficiencies

I got an email recently from a reader whose spell-checker flagged the word “uninvolved” as an error. I’m not sure what software she was using. My Microsoft Word ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: The upsides and drawbacks of spell-checker

I got an email recently from a reader whose spell-checker flagged the word “uninvolved” as an error. I’m not sure what software she was using. My Microsoft Word ...
Houston Chronicle

How Can I Spell Check a WordPad Document?

You may know how to spell every word in the dictionary, but speedy typing fingers may introduce subtle spelling errors your eyes might miss. In the competitive business world where first, second and ...
Sun Journal

In a word: We all make mistakes, even with spell-check

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