Troubleshoot spelling and AutoCorrect

Microsoft Publisher keeps listing spellings that I don't want to change.

To prevent a particular word or abbreviation from being listed each time it occurs in this or other publications, add the word to the dictionary. In the Check Spelling dialog box, click Add when the word appears in the Not in dictionary box.

To mark a word as one to be ignored during the spelling check without adding it to the dictionary, click Ignore All. The word will be ignored for the rest of the current spelling check only.

To ignore words in all capital letters, such as acronyms, during a spelling check, point to Spelling on the Tools menu, click Spelling Options, and then select the Ignore words in UPPERCASE box.

The Check Spelling command is unavailable.

Make sure that you have clicked a text box.

If you have clicked the text and selection handles appear around the but the Check Spelling command is unavailable, you might have selected WordArt rather than a table box or text frame. You cannot use the Check Spelling command with WordArt.

The Show Spelling Errors command is unavailable.

You might have turned off the automatic spelling checker, and will need to turn it on again.

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Spelling, and then click Spelling Options.
  2. Select the Check spelling box.
  3. Click OK.

AutoCorrect is correcting things that I don't want corrected.

  1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect.
  2. Click the AutoCorrect tab.
  3. Click Exceptions.
  4. Do one of the following:
  5. Click Add.
  6. Click OK.

I want to turn off the wavy red underlines.

Note   Wavy red underlines in your text indicate possible spelling errors.