Office apps automatically correct a few things as you type. However, if you want to add or remove AutoCorrect exceptions in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, here is how you can do that. You can include or exclude predefined AutoCorrect options with the help of this guide.
Here, we have shown screenshots of PowerPoint. You can do the same in Word and Excel.
How to add or remove AutoCorrect Exceptions in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
To add or remove AutoCorrect exceptions in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, follow these steps:
- Open PowerPoint, Word, or Excel on your computer.
- Click on the Options.
- Go to the Proofing tab.
- Click on the AutoCorrect Options button.
- Click the Exceptions button.
- Select a word and click the Delete button.
- Write a word and click the Add button.
- Click the OK button to save changes.
Let’s check out these steps in detail.
First, open Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Here, we’ll use PowerPoint as an example. Therefore, open PowerPoint and click on the Options.
However, if you have already opened any of those apps, you can click on the File menu and choose Options.
Once the PowerPoint Options panel is opened on your screen, go to the Proofing tab and click on the AutoCorrect Options button.
Then, make sure that you are in the AutoCorrect tab. If so, click on the Exceptions button.
Here you can find three options – First Letter, Initial Caps, and Other Corrections. Each tab denotes a different thing.
Let’s say you do not want to capitalize the word “a” when you add a period after that. If so, you can add a. to the list. For that, you need to type the exact word and click the Add button.
Similarly, if you do not want PowerPoint or Word, or Excel to do that, you can select the specific correction and click the Delete button.
Likewise, the Initial Caps tab offers more options. Sometimes, you might not want Office apps to correct words like IDs, PTO, etc. In such a situation, you can type that word, and click the Add button.
As usual, if you do not want to make that correction, you can select the predefined word, and click the Delete button.
Next one is Other Corrections. Although it doesn’t contain many options, you can set up a few things. For example, you can add a specific word that you do not want to be corrected automatically and is not listed in those two earlier categories.
In that case, enter the desired word and click Add. On the other hand, if you want to remove a preset word, select it, and click the Delete button.
Finally, click the OK button to save all the changes you made here.
That’s all! Hope you got some help.
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How do I add an AutoCorrect exception in Word?
To add an AutoCorrect exception in Word, follow the steps above. First, open Word Options and switch to the Proofing tab. Then, click on the AutoCorrect Options button and click the Exceptions button. Following that, you can select a word and click the Delete button. Alternatively, you can type a new word and click Add.
Read: How to convert Excel to PowerPoint
How do I stop PowerPoint from auto-correcting certain words?
To stop PowerPoint from auto-correcting certain words, remove that word from the corresponding list. Since it comes with a predefined list of words, remove the word you want. That way, PowerPoint won’t recognize the auto-correct word and will keep the word you typed.
Read: How to enable or disable Text Predictions while typing in Word.
