• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Ravi Shankar

Tweaking Apps

  • About
  • Portfolio
  • Privacy Policy

Proofing

Autocorrect in Word – Replace text as you type

December 8, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Autocorrect in Microsoft Word 2016, Word 2013, 2010 and 2007 has a feature called replace any text as you type. This tutorial provides an example for replacing text with text and image in Word document.

Replace text as you type in Word 2016, Word 2013, Word 2010 and Word 2007

In Word 2013 and Word 2010 you can access Proofing section by clicking File menu –> Options. To access AutoCorrect option in Word 2007 click on the Word Options and navigate to Proofing section.

Proofing section in Word document

And on clicking the AutoCorrect Options the following dialog box would be displayed. Under Replace text as you type, you can add the text which needs to be replaced it is typed in the Word Document.

Replace text as you type in Word

For example if you want dato be replaced with Digital Answers in word document, then add da to the left hand side and Digital Answers to right hand side then click Add button.

Replace text with text using Autcorrect

How to use autocorrect for replacing text with picture

Step 1: Navigate to Insert menu, click Pictures under illustrations section

Insert Pictures in Word 2013

Step 2: Using the Insert Picture dialog, select and add image to the document.

Select Picture Dialog in Word 2013

Step 3: Click File menu, select Options from the menu list.

Word Options in Word 2013

Step 4: In Word Option window, navigate to Proofing section and click AutoCorrect Options.

AutoCorrect Options in Word 2013

Step 5: Now enter the name under Replace text and make sure Formatted Text radio option is selected. (If you have not selected any image then this option will not be displayed)

Replace text as you type in Word 2013

Step 6: Click Add button to add the entry to AutoCorrect list. Then OK button on the AutoCorrect and Word Options to close the windows.

Now whenever you type the replace text, it will be automatically replaced with the image. If you are frequently going to insert company logo or your signature then you try this feature.

Formatted Text in Word 2013

Also See: Find Autocorrect entries file in Word 2010

Filed Under: MS Office, Technical, Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: AutoCorrect, Proofing, Replace text as you type, replace text with image, Word Options

How to enable auto spell check in Outlook 2013, 2010, 2007

October 12, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Microsoft Outlook provides auto spell check similar to the auto spell feature available in Word. Listed below are the steps to enable spell check feature as you type message in Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007.

Enable auto spell check as you type in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Click File menu and select Options from the list.

Options in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

In the Outlook Options window, click Editor Options under Compose messages section in Mail tab.

Compose messages settings in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Navigate to “When correcting spelling in Outlook section” and make sure to enable check box with caption as “Check spelling as you type”

enable auto spell check in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Turn on check spelling as you type in Outlook 2007

In Outlook 2007, click Tools -> Options menu

Editor Options Outlook 2007

Under Mail Format click on the Editor Options button. This would display the Editor Options window. Click on the Proofing section and tick the check box Check spelling as you type under When correcting spelling in Outlook section. This would enable the auto spell check in Outlook 2007.

Outlook 2007 Auto Spell Check

Also See: How to enable automatic spell check in Microsoft Word

Filed Under: Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 Tagged With: Auto Spell, Check spelling as you type, Outlook, Proofing

How to turn off ordinals with superscript in Word 2010

December 12, 2011 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Microsoft Word 2010 has a feature that automatically replaces ordinals with superscript. But if you do not want this feature then you can turn off using the option provided as part of AutoCorrect settings.

Example of ordinals with superscript

1st displayed 1st

2nd displayed as 2nd

Disable ordinals with superscript

Click the File menu then options link. In the Word Options window, navigate to Proofing section and click the AutoCorrect Options button.

Word Options Word 2010

Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab in AutoCorrect window and navigate to Replace as you type section. Now to disable ordinals with superscript feature, un mark the check box with label as Ordinals (1st) with superscript and then click Ok button to confirm and save the changes.

Ordinals with superscript

del.icio.us Tags: turn off,ordinals,superscript,word 2010,disable,AutoCorrect,proofing

Filed Under: Office 2010, Word 2010 Tagged With: AutoCorrect, Disable, ordinals, Proofing, superscript, Turn Off, Word 2010

Primary Sidebar

TwitterLinkedin

Recent Posts

  • How to know the size of the folders in iCloud
  • Errors were encountered while preparing your device
  • We have blocked all requests from this device – Firebase Phone Authentication
  • iPhone is not available error message in Xcode
  • Clear CocoaPods cache, re-download and reinstall all pods

Copyright 2021 © rshankar.com