Use AutoCorrect and Find and Replace C&G FLUX MARKET. Word XP. Word XP

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2 Introduction By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to: -Use AutoCorrect -Use Find -Use Replace

3 AutoCorrect Word s AutoCorrect feature can assist you in word processing tasks. AutoCorrect can help you locate misspelled words and correct them as you type. AutoCorrect can also be customized so that commonly used words will be automatically entered without having to type the entire word. Examples: When typing the misspelled word, stannd, Word will automatically convert this typo to the correct spelling, stand. Instead of having to write a long proper noun like, GCFLearnFree.org, you can customize AutoCorrect to automatically complete the rest of the proper noun once you type the letters GCF.

4 Modifying AutoCorrect: Click Tools Select AutoCorrect Options from the menu bar. The AutoCorrect Options dialog box appears. Check or de-select any of the following options: Show AutoCorrect Options buttons. Correct two initial capitals. Capitalize names of days. Correct accidental usage of Caps Lock key. Replace text as you type. Use the Replace: box to type a word you frequently misspell or type a shorthand word to represent a longer word or phrase, such as GCFLearnFree.org. Use the With: box to type the correct word. Click Add. If you type a misspelled word into AutoCorrect s With: box, AutoCorrect always misspells that word. If AutoCorrect changes a word that you don t want it to change, you can hover the pointer over the area where the autocorrection was made and a Smart Tag will appear that allows you to reset the original word. Click on the Smart Tag and a drop-down list with options to reverse the action is displayed.

5 Find - cial characters and formats. The Find functionality can really help save you time and effort in your word processing goals. For example, consider a document you are editing that displays Word 2000 needs to be updated to. Currently the document has the text, Word 2000, typed again and again throughout the document. Using Find to replace Word 2000 with will save you much time and effort in your editing process.

6 Using Find - CTRL + F Click Edit on the menu bar Select Find. The Find dialog box appears. Type a word, phrase or format in the Find What box. Click Find Next to start the search. tion. - OR time. Use the list box below to select all, or portions of your document. You can perform a more detailed search by clicking the More button on the Find and Replace dialog box: Click Edit on the menu bar Select Find. The Find dialog box appears. Type a word, phrase or format in the Find What box. Click More to conduct a detailed search. ment. Use the check boxes to limit your search. - Language, Frame, Style or Highlight. Click Special to search for punctuation marks or section breaks. Click Find Next to start the search.

7 Using Replace - CTRL + H Click Edit on the menu bar. Select Replace. The Find dialog box appears. Type the word, phrase or format in the Find What: box that you are searching for. Type the word, phrase or format in the Replace With: box that will replace what is in the Find What: box. Click Find Next to conduct your search. Ignore it. Click Replace. Click Replace All to replace every occurrence of the selected text with the replacement text. Click Cancel to quit.

8 Did You Know? Thesaurus: a book of words that have the same or nearly the same meaning Using the Thesaurus: Click Tools on the Menu Bar. Select Language and then follow the cascading menu to Thesaurus. OR Use the quick key combination, Shift + F7