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Performance Objectives
Check the Spelling and Grammar
Create a Custom Dictionary
CHECKPOINT 1
Display the Word Count
Use the Thesaurus
Define Words
Translate Text
CHECKPOINT 2
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Check the Spelling and Grammar
The spelling checker in Word finds misspelled words and offers replacement words It also finds duplicate words and irregular capitalizations.
When you spell check a document, the spelling checker compares the
words in your document to the words in its dictionary
If the spelling checker does not find a match, the spelling checker stops and selects the following:
a misspelled word, when the misspelling does not match another word that exists in the dictionary
typographical errors (such as transposed letters)
double word occurrences (such as and and)
irregular capitalization
some proper names
jargon and some technical terms
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To check spelling and grammar:
1. Click the REVIEW tab
2. Click the Spelling &
Grammar button in the
Proofing group
Spelling & Grammar button
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selected sentence Grammar task pane
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Change Replaces selected word in sentence with selected word in the task pane list box.Change All Replaces the selected word and all other occurrences of it with a word in the task pane list box.
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When checking the spelling or grammar in a document, you can temporarily leave the Spelling task pane or Grammar task pane, make corrections in the document, and then resume
spelling or grammar checking
Click in the document outside the task pane, make the changes
or edits, and then click the Resume button in the task pane by clicking the Change, Change All, Ignore, or Ignore All buttons
The Spelling task pane and Grammar task pane include a
pronunciation feature that will pronounce the word currently selected in the task pane list box
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4. Specify the desired options
5. Click OK
Proofing option
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When performing a spelling and grammar check, Word stops and highlights certain text that may contain a grammatical
error and displays the Grammar task pane
Like the spell checker, the grammar checker does not find every error in a document and may stop at correct phrases
The Grammar task pane may also display information on the grammar rule that may have been broken and offer possible
methods for correcting the error
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document with options in the When correcting spelling and
grammar in Word section of the Word Options dialog box with Proofing selected.
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To show readability statistics:
1. Click the FILE tab
2. Click Options.
3. Click the Proofing option.
4. Click the Show readability
statistics check box.
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Flesch Reading Ease
This score is based on the average number of syllables per word and the average number of words per
sentence The higher the score, the greater the number of people who will be able to understand the text in the document Standard writing generally
scores in the 60-70 range.
Flesch-Kincaid
Grade Level
This rating is based on the average number of syllables per word and the average number of words per sentence The score indicates a grade level
Standard writing is generally written at the seventh or eighth grade level.
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When completing a spelling check on a document, Word uses the RoamingCustom.dic custom dictionary by default
You can add or remove words from this default dictionary
In a multiple-user environment, you might also consider
creating your own custom dictionary and then selecting it as the default
In this way, multiple users can create their own dictionaries to use when spell checking a document
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To create a custom dictionary:
1. Click the FILE tab
2. Click Options.
3. Click the Proofing option.
4. Click the Custom Dictionaries
button
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Custom Dictionaries button
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5. Click the New button
6. Type a name for the dictionary
7. Press Enter
New button
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To add a word to the custom
dictionary:
1. At the Custom Dictionaries
dialog box, click the dictionary
name
2. Click the Edit Word List button
3. At the custom dictionary dialog
box, type the desired word in
the Word(s) text box.
4. Click the Add button
custom dictionary dialog box
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Change Default button
To change the default dictionary:
1. Click the FILE tab
2. Click Options.
3. Click the Proofing option.
4. Click the Custom Dictionaries
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4. Click the Custom
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1) The Spelling & Grammar button is
located on this tab.
a HOME
b INSERT
c PAGE LAYOUT
d REVIEW
1) The Spelling & Grammar button is
located on this tab.
2) During spell checking, click this
option to replace the selected word with the word in the list box.
a Ignore
b Change
2) During spell checking, click this
option to replace the selected word with the word in the list box.
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Display the Word Count
To display the Word Count
dialog box:
1. Click the word count section
of the Status bar
OR
2. Click the REVIEW tab
3. Click the Word Count button
in the Proofing group
word count section
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Word offers a Thesaurus feature for finding synonyms,
antonyms, and related words for a particular word
Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning; antonyms are words that have opposite meanings
Word may display antonyms as well as synonyms for some words
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To use the Thesaurus:
1. Click the REVIEW tab
2. Click the Thesaurus button
in the Proofing group
3. Type the word in the
search text box
4. Press Enter
Thesaurus button
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The thesaurus provides synonyms for the
selected word along with a list of related
synonyms
The collapse triangle indicates that the list of
related synonyms is expanded Click the collapse
triangle and the list of related synonyms is
removed from the task pane list box and the
collapse triangle changes to an expand triangle.
As you look up synonyms and antonyms for
various words, you can display the list for
previous words by clicking the Back button
(contains a left arrow) located to the left of the
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Like the Spelling task pane and Grammar task pane, the
Thesaurus task pane includes a pronunciation feature that will pronounce the word currently selected
To hear the word pronounced, click the speaker icon located to the right of the word below the task pane list box
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To replace synonyms using a
shortcut menu:
1. Position the mouse pointer on
the word
2. Click the right mouse button.
3. At the shortcut menu that
displays, point to Synonyms and
then click the desired word at
the side menu
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Define Words
To define words:
1. Click in the desired word
2. Click the Define button in the Proofing group on the REVIEW tab
3. Read information in the task pane
definition
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To translate an entire document:
1. Open the document
2. Click the REVIEW tab
3. Click the Translate button
4. Click Translate Document at
the drop-down list
5. At the message, click the
Send button
Translate Document option
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To translate selected text:
1. Select the desired text
2. Click the REVIEW tab
3. Click the Translate button
4. Click the Translate
Selected Text option at
the drop-down list
5. View translated text in
the Research task pane
Translate Selected Text option
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To turn on the Mini
translator:
1. Click the REVIEW tab
2. Click the Translate
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To specify the language:
1. Click the REVIEW tab
2. Click the Translate
Choose Translation Language option
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Mini Translator language
Translate from Translate to
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When using Word’s translation features, consider the following content standards and guidelines when translating information
to reduce confusion or errors and optimize the translation:
Use standard, formal language
Use proper punctuation and grammar
Spell words correctly
Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
Avoid using slang, colloquialisms, and idioms
Avoid ambiguities and vague references
Write sentences that are direct and express only one idea
Use articles (such as the) in sentences whenever possible
Repeat the noun in a sentence instead of using a pronoun
Apply predesigned heading styles to headings in a document
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opens this task pane.
a Clipboard
b Research
c Thesaurus
2) Clicking the Thesaurus button
opens this task pane.
a Clipboard
b Research
c Thesaurus
4) Specify the translation language
with options in this dialog box.
a Word Options
b Language Options
c Translate Language Options
4) Specify the translation language
with options in this dialog box.