Use spell-check and autocorrect

Check spelling, then accept or ignore the corrections.

1. Open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click Tools  Spelling  Spell check. A box will open in the top right corner.
   • To use a suggested spelling, click Change.
   • To use the suggested spelling for the whole document, next to Change, click the Down arrow Change all.
   • To ignore a suggestion, click Ignore.
   • If you want to ignore all instances of the word, next to Ignore, click the Down arrow Ignore all.​

Add words to the dictionary so that Docs doesn't identify them as misspelled.

1. Open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click Tools  Spelling  Spell check. A box will open in the top right corner.
3. To add a word that appears in the spell checker to the dictionary, click Add to dictionary.

To remove a word from your dictionary:

1. Open the document in Google Docs.
2. Right-click the word.
3. Select Remove from personal dictionary.

Misspelled words are underlined in red. To turn off the underline:

1. Open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click Tools  Spelling  Underline errors.
3. The check mark will disappear to show that it is off.

To turn off automatic corrections:

1. Open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click Tools Preferences.
3. You can change settings for:
   • Automatically capitalize words (English only)
   • Use smart quotes (turns vertical quotes into curly ones)
   • Automatically detect links
   • Automatically detect lists
   • Automatic substitution
4. To turn off certain auto substitutions, uncheck the box next to the word. To delete the auto substitution, next to the word, click Remove .
5. Click OK.

To always correct a specific word's spelling, right-click on the word and select Always correct to [word].

To undo an automatic correction, after the word is corrected, press Backspace on your keyboard.