Title: "Mastering Microsoft Word: A Guide to Correcting Errors and Checking Word Count"


How to Correct Errors in Ms Word

 

By default, Word alerts you if there are any contextual, spelling, or grammatical errors when you write text in a document. Word alerts you in several ways for various mistakes;

 

  • The text will be highlighted in blue if the document contains any contextual errors.
 
  • The document will highlight the content with a red line if there is any misspelling.
 
  • The paper will highlight any grammar mistakes with a green line through the text.

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Steps to correct errors:


  • v Place the cursor over the text that you want to correct
  • v Right click the mouse
  • v A list of suggestions appears
  • v Select the appropriate word by using the left click.

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How to Check Word Count in Ms Word

As soon as you begin to type, Word counts the words and pages for you and displays the results in the status bar. You can right-click the status bar and choose the Word Count option from the menu if the word count is not displayed there. The following are the basic steps to check the word count:

 

  • v Open the document
  • v Look at the document's bottom left corner.
  • v You will see the overall number of pages and the world count.

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