

Press the Tab key until you hear: "Suggestions, table." Listening to these will help you decide how to respond to the possible error. The dialog also shows the suggested spellings, or the suggested grammatical revisions. The focus is on the text field where you can edit the misspelled word or grammatical error. You hear: "Spelling and grammar" and the proofing language. To select a piece of text, hold down Shift and press the arrow keys to move the cursor. Tip: To check the spelling and grammar in just a sentence or paragraph in your document, select the text you want to check and then press Option+Command+L. To apply your changes and close the Word Options window, press the Tab key until you reach the OK button, and then press Enter. To clear or select the checkbox, press Spacebar. To move to the Mark grammar errors as you type checkbox, press M twice. To clear or select the Check spelling as you type checkbox, press P. The Proofing pane opens with the focus on the AutoCorrect Options button. To open the Proofing pane, press P, and then press the Tab key. Checking all the spelling and grammar in your document at the same time is useful when you want to quickly proof your text. You can turn off automatic spelling and grammar checking and then check your document after it's completed. Turn the automatic checking for spelling and grammar on or off

Select or clear the Hide grammar errors in this document only checkbox, in the Proofing pane. Select or clear the Hide spelling errors in this document only checkbox, in the Proofing pane. Move to the Check grammar with spelling checkbox, in the Proofing pane.

Select or clear the Check spelling as you type checkbox, in the Proofing pane. Recheck the spelling and grammar, in the Proofing pane. Open the AutoCorrect Exceptions dialog, in the AutoCorrect dialog. Open the AutoCorrect dialog box, in the Proofing pane. Open the Proofing pane, in the Word Options window.

The following table provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts that can help you to check grammar and spelling in your Word documents. Keyboard shortcuts related to checking grammar and spelling If you don't want to recheck the document, press the Right arrow key to move to the No button, and press Enter. When you are asked to confirm the action, press Enter to recheck the document. To move to and activate the Recheck document option, press K. Press P, and then press the Tab key once. In the Word document you want to recheck, press Alt+F, T. Recheck words and grammar that you previously chose to ignore Open the Proofing pane in the Word Options window to select and change how the program corrects spelling and grammar for all documents. Ignore the detected word throughout the document.Īdd the detected word in the program's dictionary. Ignore the detected word once, but check it again. The following table summarizes the keyboard shortcuts for the Editor pane. To ignore a finding everywhere in the document, press G. In the Editor pane, after you've listened to the original sentence with the finding, do one of the following: The finding is not corrected, and Word moves to the next error on the list. If you think that a finding is not an error, you can ignore it once or throughout the document. When Word finishes reviewing the document, you hear: "Microsoft Word dialog, OK button." To return to your document, press Enter. Tip: To read the original sentence for the next error, press the Tab key until you reach the Read original sentence button, and then press Enter. The error is corrected, and Word moves to the next error. To use the suggested correction on all occurrences of the error in the current document, press Alt+Down arrow key, and then press A. To use the suggested correction on the current error only, press Enter. Press the Down arrow key until you hear the suggestion you want to use and then do one of the following: Press the Tab key until you hear the first suggestion on how to correct the error. You hear the original sentence with the spelling or grammar error. To review only grammar errors, press the Tab key until you hear: "Corrections card." Press the Down arrow key until you hear "Grammar," and then press Enter. To review only spelling errors, press the Tab key until you hear: "Corrections card." Press the Down arrow key until you hear "Spelling," and then press Enter. To review both spelling and grammar errors, press Enter. Tip: To check the spelling and grammar in just a sentence or paragraph of your document, select the text you want to check and then press F7.
