If you have accounts that you do not want to use a signature on, create a blank signature that contains just the dashes & space to use when you don't want to use a signature. Repeat to turn the formatting characters off.) (To see the pilco and other formatting marks, press Ctrl+Shift+8 to toggle them on. This will help you to see where the signature begins and prevent typing in the signature area. Additionally, these changes will apply to all Microsoft Office programs installed on your computer.Edit your signatures to include two dashes and a space ("- ") above the actual signature. PowerPoint starts following these changed settings the minute you click the OK button, not only in the active presentation, but also in any presentation you create or edit henceforth. Any changes you made will be applicable immediately.
This setting seems to work best for users who are working with content that's not in their native language.
If enabled, PowerPoint will step in and suggest correction frequently confused words, as shown in Figure 6, below. If enabled, you will disable the red squiggly underlines that automatically appear underneath misspelled words.
Learn more in our AutoCorrect in PowerPoint 365 for Windows tutorial. This option is enabled by default and performs an automatic spell check and correction as you type.Use the drop-down list, as shown in Figure 5, below, to fine-tune spell check for Spanish.Use the drop-down list, shown in Figure 4, below, to fine-tune spell check options for French.Learn more in our Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint tutorial. Here, you can add, remove, enable, disable, or make changes within custom dictionaries. Clicking this button opens the Custom Dictionaries dialog box, shown in Figure 3, below.If turned on, it ignores any custom spelling dictionaries you may have created by adding words that you do not consider as misspelled. This option is also not turned on by default.It suggests accents for uppercase letters as appropriate. This option is not turned on by default and is only applicable when the editing language is French.Again, this option is turned on by default and flags second and subsequent instances of the same word in a row, for example preventing you from writing "the the".This option is also turned on by default and prevents the spell checker from flagging web or e-mail addresses, network paths, and file paths.
This option is turned on by default and ignores spelling errors for words that contain digits, such as license plate numbers or model numbers.This option is turned on by default and prevents the spell checker from flagging acronyms or any other words typed in ALL CAPS.Learn more in our AutoCorrect Options in PowerPoint 365 for Windows tutorial. Clicking this button brings up the AutoCorrect dialog box, where you can set options for AutoCorrect.Select or deselect check-boxes as needed: Proofing options within the PowerPoint Options dialog box are explained below, as marked in Figure 2, above.You'll see the interface that you can see in Figure 2.įigure 2: Proofing settings in the PowerPoint Options dialog box Here, click the Proofing option within the sidebar, highlighted in red within Figure 2, below. Doing so opens the PowerPoint Options dialog box.
Alternatively, if you already have a presentation open, choose the File menu to bring up Backstage view, and select Options.