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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 8, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
As you are typing in your document, you may have noticed that some of your words are underlined with a red wavy line. These are words for which Word is questioning your spelling. You can quickly correct your spelling (assuming you agree that it may be incorrect) by right-clicking on the word in question. The resulting Context menu contains spelling suggestions that you can select. Word then replaces the word on which you right-clicked (the incorrect word) with the proper spelling. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 1. Right-click on a misspelled word to correct it.
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2018-10-09 05:41:49
Richard
I notice in your screenshot (Figure 1) that the list of suggested words also contains an explanation of the meaning of those words using a comma-separated list. This does not happen in my installation of Word 2013. Is it a settable option?
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