AutoCorrect Option

[Guest]

I'm using Word 2003, have the "Check Spelling as You Type" checkbox selected
in the Tools, Options Menu, and checked "Replace Text as You Type" in the
AutoCorrect dialog box. What is the purpose of the "Automatically Use
Suggestions From The Spelling Checker" cheeckbox? I see no difference with
it checked or unchecked. What is it supposed to do?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Loris-

AutoCorrect uses only the one specific replacement as listed in the
AutoCorrect list if you don't have a check in that box.

I believe that if the box is checked the feature still replaces with the
same item as long as it coincides with what the Spell Check dictionary
offers. IOW the spell check offering 'overrides' the AutoCorrect
replacement. Typically, however, they will be the same.

Regards |:>)

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

It will use suggestions from the spelling checker, in addition to the list
in the AutoCorrect dialog.

Here's an example I ran into a few versions back (since I usually have this
off, I don't have many examples):
I write about slavery, so I occasionally use the word "negro" in quotations.
Word's spelling checker, which apparently lives in the 1960s, thinks "negro"
should always be capitalized. If I check that box, then AutoCorrect will
capitalize "negro" to "Negro" for me, even though no AutoCorrect entry
exists specifying that.

You probably want it off, unless you have a very high degree of trust in
Word's spelling checker. The really common mistakes that 99% of us would
want corrected (e.g. teh to the) are mostly entered in the AutoCorrect list
(which is why you don't see a difference) and you can always add your own.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To add to what CyberTaz and Daiya have said, my understanding is that this
setting causes Word to "correct" a misspelling that *doesn't* have a
specific AutoCorrect entry provided there is only a single suggestion. That
is, if you right-click on a misspelled word and see only one selection for
correction, this option would cause Word to make that substitution
automatically. Obviously, Word will not choose between/among two or more
suggestions.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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