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CHECKING SPELLING
 
Overview: <Utilities Spelling command>
 
To check spelling:
1. Select the text you want to check or place the
   cursor where you want the spell check to begin.
2. Choose Utilities Spelling (Alt,U,S).
   Unknown words are highlighted in the document
   and displayed in the Spelling dialog box with
   a list of suggested corrections.
3. When Word displays an unknown word, you have
   four options:
   ■ Choose Change to enter the suggested
     replacement of the word.
   ■ Select a different replacement from the
     Suggestions list, and then choose Change.
   ■ Choose Ignore to leave the word as it is.
   ■ Choose Add to put the word in the current
     dictionary and leave the word unchanged.
4. If you did not start the check at the beginning
   of the document, when the spell check reaches
   the end of the document, Word prompts you to
   continue checking from the beginning of the
   document.
 
To have Word remember how you corrected a word in
future Word sessions:
■ Choose Remember Correction. Word will
  automatically make the same correction during
  the rest of the current spell-checking session
  and any future spell-checking sessions.
 
More Help: <Spelling procedures>
 
Using Manual: Ch. 26, "Spelling and Hyphenation"