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Lottie0710

Autocorrect issues

it recognises my spelling errors, and I can change them, but when I right click it does not come up with the autocorrect button to change the word in the future. Originally my word did this, I have not changed any of the settings, the keyboard language and the autocorrect language match. I do not understand this. Please help as it's wasting a lot of my time as I make a lot of spelling errors etc.

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HansV MVP

Sadly, the AutoCorrect feature has been removed from the context menu. According to Microsoft, this was done to reduce clutter, but in fact it reduces usability... :-(

See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/customize_shortcut_menu.html#WACR for a way to restore the context menu item.

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hey, thanks for replying, however I have read all of that now and it makes little to no sense cause I can't interpret it into the autocorrect bit as my computer knowledge is not great. is there one specifically for autocorrect?

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Yes - click the link on the web page indicated in the screenshot below:

As the instructions say, "put it in Word's startup folder or load it manually".

Word's startup folder is usually

C:\Users\

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it just opens a word document and then leads me to loads of links on coding etc.

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Try copying the file (Add AutoCorrect to Word 2013 Spelling Shortcut Menu.dotm) to your Word startup folder

C:\Users\

Then restart Word. You should now have an AutoCorrect item in your right-click menu if you select a misspelled word.

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hey, sorry to be a pain, but where is this file?

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Which file?

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Try copying the file (Add AutoCorrect to Word 2013 Spelling Shortcut Menu.dotm) to your Word startup folder

C:\Users\

Then restart Word. You should now have an AutoCorrect item in your right-click menu if you select a misspelled word.

this add autocorrect to word one?

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If you click the link that I pointed out in my screenshot a few replies up, you should get a choice between opening the file and saving it.

For example, in Internet Explorer:

and in Firefox:

If possible, save the file to the folder C:\Users\

If the file is saved automatically to your Downloads folder, you can move it from there to the folder mentioned above.

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hey, sorry to be a pain, but that folder doesn't exist on my computer

Theres no word folder.. it goes Microsoft then local/roaming and no mention of word anywhere

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