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Add Words to Your Spell Checker!
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| Question: Can I "program" Outlook
Express to recognize "wrong" words as correct, like my name?
Is there an easy way to do this? |
Yes, you can "program" Outlook Express to
accept unrecognized words. Here is the easiest way to do it.
1. With Outlook Express open, go to the menu bar and click on "Tools".
(This is in OE 5, but other versions are similar).
2. Scroll down to "Options". You will get a pop up
dialog box.
3. Click on the "Spelling" Tab. You will see your spell
check option.
4. Make sure the box "suggest spelling" is checked.
Click "Apply" button at the bottom and close the box. (Note:
you might also want to check the box "Check spelling before
sending" to automatically run the spell checker, not necessary, but
if you don't you will have to click the spell checker manually).
5. If you know many of the words you want approved follow this step.
Start a new message and type the words you want to approve (your
name, etc.) Then click on the spell checker button. It looks like
a check mark with ABC above it. This will start your spell checker.
6. When spell checker comes to the first word it doesn't know, a dialog
box will come up with a list of suggestions for the word and several
option buttons, (ignore, ignore all, replace, et.) Click on the button
that says "Add". This will add the word to the approved
spell check list.
7. The box will close, go to the next "misspelled" word
(did I spell that right?!) and the box will open again. Go through the
same procedure.
8. When you are done, close the message without sending it.
If you want to add words "on the fly", you can do
the same thing while composing an actual message. Run spell check before
you send and use the dialog box to "Add" words to the
revised list. |
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