Microsoft Office

Making Your Worksheets Error-Free 32
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Capitalize Names Of Days: Capitalizes the days of the week. If you enter monday, Excel converts
it to Monday.
Correct Accidental Use Of cAPS LOCK key: Corrects errors caused if you accidentally hit the
CapsLock key while typing.
Replace Text As You Type: AutoCorrect automatically changes incorrect words as you type
them.
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Use the AutoCorrect dialog box to control the spelling corrections Excel makes automatically.
Excel includes a long list of AutoCorrect entries for commonly misspelled words. In addition, it has
AutoCorrect entries for some symbols. For example, (c) is replaced with © and (r) is replaced with ®. You
can also add your own AutoCorrect entries. For example, if you find that you frequently misspell the word
January as Janruary, you can create an AutoCorrect entry so that it’s changed automatically. To create a new
AutoCorrect entry, enter the misspelled word in the Replace box and the correctly spelled word in the With
box. You can also delete entries that you no longer need.
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You also can use the AutoCorrect feature to create shortcuts for commonly used words or
phrases. For example, if you work for a company named Consolidated Data Processing
Corporation, you can create an AutoCorrect entry for an abbreviation, such as cdp. Then, whenever you type
cdp, Excel automatically changes it to Consolidated Data Processing Corporation. Just make sure that you
don’t use a combination of characters that might normally appear in your text.
In some cases, you may want to override the AutoCorrect feature. For example, you may need
to enter (c) rather than the copyright symbol. You can do so by clicking the Undo button on
the Quick Access Toolbar (or by pressing Ctrl+Z).
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You can use the AutoFormat As You Type tab of the AutoCorrect dialog box to control a few other automatic
settings in Excel.
Use the Smart Tags tab to make Excel show Smart Tags — similar to hyperlinks — for certain types of data
in your worksheets. The types of Smart Tags Excel recognizes vary depending on the types of software that
are installed on your system.
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