Cause: Word uses a red underline to indicate a spelling error.
 | Solution: Correct the spelling error. |
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Hold down
CONTROL
and click the word with the red underline.
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On the shortcut menu, do any of the following:
To | Click |
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Correct the spelling error by using one of the suggested words | A spelling suggestion. |
Choose from an expanded list of suggestions | Spelling, and then in the Suggestions box, double-click a word. |
 | Tips |
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To correct the spelling yourself, select and edit the text in the document.
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If you do not see the word that you want in the list of suggestions, you can look up a word in the Office
dictionary. To do this, on the Tools menu, click Dictionary.
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 | Solution: Have Word ignore the word or add it to the spelling dictionary. |
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Hold down
CONTROL
and click the word with the red underline.
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On the shortcut menu, do any of the following:
To | Click |
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Ignore this one instance of the word | Ignore |
Ignore all instances of the word in the document | Ignore All |
Add the word to your dictionary so that Microsoft Office
recognizes it as a correctly spelled word | Add |
 | Solution: Turn off automatic checking of spelling. |
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On the Word menu, click Preferences.
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Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click Spelling and Grammar.
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Under Spelling, clear the Check spelling as you type check box.
Cause: Word uses a green underline to indicate a grammar error.
 | Solution: Correct the grammar error. |
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Hold down
CONTROL
and click the phrase with the wavy green underline.
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Do one of the following:
To | Do this |
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Correct the grammatical error by using one of the suggestions | On the shortcut menu, click the correction that you want.  | Tip For more information about a grammar error, click Grammar. At the top of the Grammar dialog box an explanation, such as "Subject-Verb Agreement," appears. |
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Correct the grammatical error by changing the text yourself | Select and edit the text in the document. |
 | Solution: Have Word ignore the grammar error. |
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Hold down
CONTROL
and click the phrase with the wavy green underline.
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On the shortcut menu, click Ignore.
 | Solution: Turn off automatic grammar checking. |
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On the Word menu, click Preferences.
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Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click Spelling and Grammar.
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Under Grammar, clear the Check grammar as you type check box.