 |
 |
Another
question. I'm a terrible speller. What happens if I'm
giving a school presentation on Weird Al Yankovic, and I
say he's basically a pretty "norml" guy? People
are going to think I'm the strange one. |
|
That's
why I offer a spell checker. It will flag those words and
offer a correct spelling. |
|
Checking your spelling
It's a good idea to check the spelling in your
presentation before the audience sees it. Let PowerPoint's
spelling checker check the presentation for you. When you
activate the spelling checker, it checks the spelling in
all of your slides.
1. On the Standard toolbar, click the Spelling
button.
2. If a spelling error is detected a Spelling
dialog box appears.
3. The Spelling Checker suggests an
alternative spelling in the Change To box. An
additional list of suggestions may also appear below the
box.
4. If you want to continue without changing the
spelling, click Ignore.
5. If you want to change the spelling, enter
one of the suggested alternatives in the Change To
box, then click Change.
After you've made your selection in the spelling dialog
box, the spelling checker will continue checking the
remaining slides. When it has checked all the slides in
your presentation, a message box will appear telling you
that the spell check is complete.
|
|
But
what if for some reason you wanted to purposely misspell a
word? What if my pet turtle's name was "Norml"? |  |
|
PowerPoint
is all about choices. You can refuse to change the
spelling or even turn the spelling checker off. |
|
Turning the automatic
spelling checker off
PowerPoint 97 also has an automatic spelling checker. As
you type, a red wavy line appears under misspelled words.
If you want to correct the spelling immediately, you
right-click your mouse on the word, and a menu appears
suggesting spelling alternatives.
If you don't want to see wavy red lines under
misspelled words as you type, you can turn the automatic
spelling checker off.
1. Click the Tools menu, then click Options.
The Options dialog box appears.
2. Click the Spelling tab.
3. Under Check spelling as you type, click the
Spelling check box to deselect it. The check mark
disappears.
4. Click OK to close the Options dialog box. The
automatic spelling checker is now deactivated.
Note: The
automatic spelling checker is turned off, but the main
spelling checker still works. You can check the spelling
in your presentation at any time by clicking the Spelling
button on the Standard toolbar.
|
|
