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Select the OK button to save your changes and close the RoamingCustom.dic dialog box. Use the RoamingCustom.dic dialog box to add or delete words from your custom dictionary.Ĩ. Pro Tip: These steps apply to all custom dictionaries, so you can select any dictionary listed in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box.ħ. You can edit Custom.dic using the same method shown here.) (You may also see a dictionary called Custom.dic., which is a carryover from Word 2010 and Word 2007.

Select RoamingCustom.dic (Default) in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box. Select the Custom Dictionaries button in the When correcting spelling in Microsoft Office programs section.ĥ. Select Proofing in the Word Options dialog box.Ĥ.

For example if I want “United States of America” to be entered whenever I type “usa,” I would put the first term in the right-hand column and “usa” on the left, click Add, and then click OK.Īccording to Microsoft, “The AutoCorrect list is global across the Microsoft Office programs that support this feature, which means that when you add or delete a word from the list in one Microsoft Office program, the other Office programs are also affected.” Keep that in mind when you’re making these changes in Word.3. The “Replace text as you type” list automatically corrects typos and misspelled words, like the aforementioned “teh” into “the.” It also changes words into symbols, and can even act as a way to insert a long piece of text without typing out the entire thing. From here, you can check or un-check the boxes next to the automatic functions of AutoCorrect, or you can modify the “Replace text as you type” list by selecting an entry and clicking Add, Delete, or changing the text and clicking Replace.Follow the instructions in the video above, or: You can add to, modify, and remove some of the automatic actions that AutoCorrect takes. When you type “teh” and it immediately converts to “the”? That’s AutoCorrect.

When you forget to hold down the shift key to capitalize the first letter of a new sentence, but it happens automatically? That’s AutoCorrect. While many of us are familiar with the spelling and grammar check that Word offers, we don’t always give the AutoCorrect feature the attention it deserves.