Automatic text correction Canvas can automatically fix typographical mistakes as you type. The Auto Correct manager lets you select several automatic correction options. It also lets you specify common misspellings, typing errors, and abbreviations that you want Canvas to replace as you type.
When any text replacement option is active, Canvas checks each word you type. It corrects or replaces text as appropriate once you press the Spacebar.
Auto Correct options
Use the options in the Auto Correct manager to specify corrections you want Canvas to make as you type (see Setting preferences).
To set up automatic correction:
- Choose Text | Spell Checker | Auto Correct.
- In the Auto Correct manager, select the replacement options to use.
- Click OK to implement the current settings.
Setting up text replacement
Specify abbreviations, common misspellings, and other text that you want Canvas to replace as you type.
Use this feature to expand abbreviations for common phrases and long names that you type throughout a document: e.g., if you often type “Department of Agriculture,” you can specify that the abbreviation “DA” be replaced by the full name.
To set up text replacement:
- Choose Text | Spell Checker | Auto Correct. In the Auto Correct manager, be sure Replace Text as You Type is selected.
- In the Replace box, type text that you want to be replaced. In the With box, type the replacement text. Click Add to place the text in the scrolling list.
- Repeat this procedure to specify more automatic replacements. Add as many items to the scrolling list as you want. When you finish, click OK.
Auto Correct does not remove specified text from a document if you type nothing in the With box. Also, Auto Correct won’t replace spaces with more or fewer spaces (such as replacing two spaces with one space); however, you can use the Text tab in the Find palette to find and replace spaces.
To remove replacement entries:
Select the entry in the scrolling list and click Delete.
Automatic spelling correction
When you use the Spelling menu (To use the spelling pop-up menu:) to correct a misspelling, Canvas adds the item to the Auto Correction list. The misspelled word appears under Replace and the correction appears under With. If you make the same spelling mistake again and “Replace Text as You Type” is selected in the Auto Correct manager, Canvas corrects the error. If “Replace Text as You Type” is not selected, Canvas won’t make these automatic corrections.
FAQs
AutoCorrect works by comparing the words you type against a built-in dictionary or a user-defined list of words.
Is there a way to accept all Grammar changes in word? ›
On the Review tab, go to Changes. Do one of the following: In the Accept drop-down list, select Accept All Changes. In the Reject drop-down list, select Reject All Changes.
How do I auto correct text messages? ›
In the settings for your keyboard, tap Text correction. Turn on the Auto-correction toggle switch to enable the autocorrect feature.
Why is my AutoCorrect so bad all of a sudden? ›
Experts say autocorrect isn't clever enough to get it right all the time. It gets tripped up by unusual or foreign words, acronyms and proper nouns. And sometimes it can't get the hang of our individual quirks. Annoyingly, it seems to learn from our mistakes, like when we type “thr” instead of “the” one too many times.
What are the disadvantages of AutoCorrect? ›
Autocorrect automatically corrects your mistakes but this may provide a barrier to learning to spell and correct misspelled words as you do not have the opportunity to review your word and identify any mistakes (Arif, et al.
What is the difference between AutoCorrect and AutoText? ›
AutoText handles large chunks of text, and is stored with your Word template. AutoCorrect can replace a few characters with up to 255 characters of full text, and will be available across all your Office apps.
How do you accept all grammar suggestions at once? ›
Check spelling & grammar
- Open a document in Google Docs.
- In the top left, click Spelling and grammar check. . A box will open in the top right corner. To use a suggestion, click Change. To ignore a suggestion, click Ignore. To accept or ignore all suggestions, click More. Accept all or Ignore all.
If you use Grammarly Premium, Grammarly for Business, or Grammarly for Education, you can also accept certain suggestions in bulk by clicking the Accept button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
How do I fix autocorrect? ›
Using an Android? Go to Settings > System > Languages and input > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Text correction.
Is there a way to improve autocorrect? ›
You can change settings for this by going to System > Languages and Input > On-Screen Keyboard > Gboard > Advanced > Improve voice & typing. This setting uses data saved on your device to try to offer you a better user experience. You can clear this data and start fresh by selecting Delete learned words and data.
Since updating to the new iOS (I installed 17.1. 1 and then 17.1. 2), the autocorrect features are much, much worse than before. When typing an email or note or text message it often suggests incorrect words or grammar for correct words or grammar.
How does AutoCorrect algorithm work? ›
Auto-completion happens when the user types the first letters of a word and the algorithm suggests the rest of it; while next-word prediction tries, as the word says, to suggest the upcoming word(s) in a text.
Is AutoCorrect an algorithm? ›
Autocorrect is a word processing feature that identifies misspelled words, and uses algorithms to identify the words most likely to have been intended, and edits the text accordingly.
Where does AutoCorrect come from? ›
The Founder of Autocorrect
Dean Hachamovitch based his concept on one that already existed in Word; the glossary. What is this? Hachamovitch noticed the glossary could be manipulated to correct typing errors. He wrote a bit of coding designed to correct “teh” to “the” by pressing the left arrow and F3.
What was the first word to be autocorrected? ›
The first word targeted by autocorrect was destined to be teh, a commonly seen word amongst Internet memes and illiterate people worldwide. Hachamovitch crafted a script which would fix this spelling error when you pressed the left arrow key and F3 simultaneously.
