
Microsoft products also automatically underline any misspelled word in a red squiggly underline, similar to what is shown in the picture. Or, if you want to change the word to an alternate spelling, select one of the suggestions from the suggestion list and click Change. If the word is misspelled and you believe that spelling error is made throughout your document, click Change All. If the word is spelled correctly, click Ignore. Each spelling error found gives options to change the word to one of the available suggestions. If you don't see that option on the Review tab, click the Editor option in the Proofing group to access the spelling and grammar features.įollowing the steps above starts a spell check on the document you're viewing. In the Proofing group, click the Spelling or Spelling & Grammar option.Open Microsoft Word, Excel, or Outlook, and the document you want to edit.

Open Microsoft Word, Excel, or Outlook, and the document or file you want to edit.

To spell check a document, follow the steps below. Spell check in Microsoft Word, Excel, and OutlookĪll versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook can spell check a document.

