Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools: Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint

Created: Thursday, March 23, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 1:03 pm

Updated: Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 11:36 am

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Imagine this scenario: you have created a specialized, medical presentation that’s full of squiggly, red, underlined words! These squiggly underlines indicate what PowerPoint considers to be as a misspelled word! Don’t blame PowerPoint, because its medical terminology is somewhat limited. We do know that almost all the words in your medical presentation are perfectly valid as far as spelling is concerned. The silver lining here though is that you can teach PowerPoint to spell those words, and enhance PowerPoint’s custom dictionary.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 365

Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2016

Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2013

Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2011

Edit Dictionaries in PowerPoint

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