408 Chapter 14 Work with Slide Text
- In the AutoCorrect options area, click AutoCorrect Options.
The AutoCorrect dialog box opens.
The AutoCorrect page of the AutoCorrect dialog box.
Troubleshooting If the AutoCorrect page is not active, click its tab to display its
options.
The top part of the dialog box lists general rules for correcting errors such as capi-
talization mistakes. You can change any of these rules by clearing the associated
check box.
- In the lower part of the dialog box, scroll through the huge table of misspellings.
When you type one of the entries in the first column, PowerPoint automatically
substitutes the correct spelling from the second column. For this exercise, suppose
you often misspell the word category as catigory.
- In the Replace box above the table, type catigory, and then press the Tab key.
The table below scrolls to show you similar words that are already in the
AutoCorrect list.
- In the With box, type category, and then click Add.
Now if you type catigory in any presentation, PowerPoint will replace it with
category.