Set up Autocorrect in Microsoft Word and Outlook Express

The Auto Correct feature is one that enables the application to correct the spelling of misspelt words — automatically.

The advantage of Auto Correct over Spell Check is that Spell Check will only report the misspelled words and provide a list with the option of words that can be replaced. One will have to manually choose the correct one from the list of options whereas in AutoCorrect, the correct word gets replaced automatically.

For instance, if we type the word “the” as “teh”, if Auto Correct is enabled, the application will change the word to the correct spelling “the”.

This feature is useful for persons with low vision or visual impairment, people with learning disability and users with mobility impairment.

This feature is available in Microsoft Word and from Outlook 2002, also referred as Outlook XP. To enable this in Word, please go to the “Tools” menu, Click “AutoCorrect” (in Word 2000) in Tools menu, “Auto Correct Options” in Tools Menu (in Word 2003), in “AutoCorrect: English” dialog box, in the Auto Correct Tab. Select the check boxes “Replace text as you type” and “Automatically use suggestions from spelling checker”. In the same AutoCorrect tab, you can scroll down to browse through a long list of words with correct spelling for replacing in AutoCorrect. You can also add words for this auto correction.

To add words to AutoCorrect, please type the word to be added in the word document and highlight it by selecting it. Then click AutoCorrect in Tools Menu. In the AutoCorrect tab, the ‘With’ box will display the highlighted word. Select the Formatted text radio button if you want to retain the format of the text, or select Plain text. Type the word that has to be replaced with, in the Replace window.

It is possible to move the Auto Correct entries from one computer to another. More details about this are available at this URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207748 for Word 2000 and at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826147 for Word 2003.

To enable Auto Correct in Outlook 2003, from the Microsoft Outlook window click Options in Tools menu. In the Spelling tab, select the check box “Use Auto Correct when Word isn’t the e-mail editor”. Click the Auto Correct options button. The Auto Correct dialog box will open. “Select the check box Replace text as you type”.

Spell Check is available in Outlook Express and if you run it, will prompt you to manually replace with the correct words.

Enrich the search for local information with a mouse click.

Returning to India after a stint in the US, Ravi, an avid surfer of the Internet, found it difficult to locate small yet useful information — such as a Chinese restaurant in his area/place of posting.

Not to worry. There’s a way out. “The India-specific search product, Google Local Search, is a useful tool for users searching the Web for locally relevant information,” says Amit Somany, Product Manager, Head of Search, Consumer Application and Infrastructure at Google India.
People search the Web for all kinds of information — placement consultant for a business process outsourcing firm, PG Diploma in Fashion Technology, travel information and booking, among others.

By simply doing a search on one can get information of local relevance, says Somany.

But that’s not all. The surfer has a role to play too, for information on local businesses, such as restaurants, shops and hotels, will not be available if the same has not been added to Google Local, says Somany.

Take, for instance, coaching classes for Plus Two children.

You probably are conducting the class for 50 students in a small room. You may be known in and around that area. How do you get better reach and for free? Just get online, make your listing, such as contact details, address, your offering, etc, available to users, even if you are working offline.

The Google Local Business Centre at <> allows any business to add its information to Google Local for free, he says.

When users search on Google Local Search, the listed business information is displayed.
Local Business Centre already exists in other geographies.

“The Local Search and Local Business Centre will provide better local business results by increasing the corpus and depth of business listings and ensure visibility on the Internet for free,” he says.

These will typically provide the address, phone contacts and location of local shops, establishments and institutions — and will also link their own Web sites, if available.
According to Somany, millions of questions are posed everyday on the search engines — from eye clinic to fashion institute, to old age home in Bangalore, guest house in Anna Nagar, Chennai, or best place to hang out in Delhi.

Such information can be made available at the click of the mouse by listing it on Google Local, says Somany.