Tech Tip of the Week: Check Out Gmail’s Spell Checker

You know those red lines that appear under your text when a word is misspelled in an email? That’s Gmail’s automatic spell-check. But there’s a more thorough spell-check you’ve got to check out! The backup spell-check catches more mistakes (like proper nouns that need to be capitalized) and more complicated errors.

To use this backup spell-check:

• When you have text ready to review in your Gmail email message, go to the bottom right corner of your draft and select the arrow that reads “More Options.”
• A new menu will appear. From that menu, select “Check Spelling.”
• Once you click this, Gmail will scan the text of your drafted email and find all the spelling errors, highlighting them in yellow.
• From there, you can click each highlighted word to see the list of alternatives that Gmail suggests. You can select a replacement or click “Ignore” if you want to keep the text you’ve already written.
• Note that when you click on the word, you don’t need to use a right click, just a regular click.

If you decide to add more text to your message and want to check your spelling again, you can go back to the bottom right corner of your draft and select “Recheck.” 

When you’re done with spell-check, you can click the “X” button.
Any questions? Feel free to contact Tim Weets, Network Specialist, at ext 14322.