Has this ever happened to you?
You’re about to leave the office and you suddenly realize that you forgot to respond to an important e-mail. You’ve only got a few minutes to be out the door, or else you’ll be gridlocked in traffic during the commute home – so you open Outlook, quickly punch out a few lines, and without proofreading, click “send.”
The following day, you check to see that the response has been delivered, and looking at it, you realize – much to your chagrin – not one, but two silly typos. It’s okay. People “mkae” mistakes, and a lot of people are “unsterdanding” when it happens. Spelling mistakes happen to people all the time, but that doesn’t make them any less embarrassing. (Believe me, I know!) Because of the rapid nature of e-mail, it’s even more important that you use the features built into Outlook 2007 to dummy-proof your messages.
AutoCorrect is an amazing tool that will help you eliminate these needless mistakes… faster. Without having to confirm each correction, it automatically adjusts spelling mistakes as you type. For example, if you type “definitely” and then type a space or other punctuation, the AutoCorrect feature will replace the misspelled word with “definitely.” Are you ready to start using AutoCorrect for Outlook? Here’s how:
- Open Outlook.
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Spelling tab, and then click Spelling and AutoCorrection
. - Select the Check spelling as you type option (make sure there is a green check mark in the box).
- Stop sending e-mails with misspelled words!
You can use AutoCorrect for grammar mistakes, too! Follow the steps above, checking the Check Grammar as you type option, and Outlook will fix grammar mistakes for you as well.
If you’re using Outlook 2003, stay tuned! Directions coming soon…
