« Exchange Server hotfix resolves Entourage login problems | Main | Ad agency tests dumping Entourage for CrossOver Mac and Outlook »

Correct an AutoCorrect Entry

The Finder shortcut Command-Z will undo your last action. In Entourage it’s also useful to undo an AutoCorrect entry. For example you want to type HSA but AutoCorrect changes it to HAS. You have two choices.

  • Change it in AutoCorrect. Go to Tools and click on AutoCorrect (the same feature can also be found in Word, by the way). Scroll down the list until you reach the entry "hsa", click on it and delete it, if you don't want Entourage to replace this word for you. However, if you mistype has in the future, it won’t be corrected.
  • You only want to change it for this particular instance. Hitting cmd-z will Undo the AutoCorrect and let you continue typing.
  • AutoCorrect is an Office feature (available through all Office applications) that fixes spelling errors and typos as you type. For example, if you type the word teh instead of the, AutoCorrect fixes it for you as soon as you press the Spacebar or Enter key at the end of the word (indicating that the word is complete).

    You can also create your own AutoCorrect entries. This can be simple spelling changes or shorthand conversions like "WKR" is replaced by "With kind regards" or “otoh“ into “on the other hand“. AutoCorrect comes with a large library, and it learns from you as you work when you select “Add” to a misspelled word.

    Add your own AutoCorrect entries by entering the incorrect and correct text in the AutoCorrect dialog. Then, each time you make an error for which an Auto-Correct entry exists, Entourage automatically corrects the error. You might want to add words like iPod, iLife, iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD to AutoCorrect.

    If AutoCorrect is not your cup of tea, you can turn it off. In the Menu bar under Tools select AutoCorrect, uncheck "replace text as you type".

    For additional help on using AutoCorrect see Microsoft KB 287911

    Post a comment

    (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

    About

    This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on June 4, 2007 4:34 PM.

    The previous post in this blog was Exchange Server hotfix resolves Entourage login problems.

    The next post in this blog is Ad agency tests dumping Entourage for CrossOver Mac and Outlook.

    Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

    Creative Commons License
    This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.