Overview

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  If you create documents, spreadsheets or presentations with Microsoft Office 2007, you may want to proof your documents before sharing them with others. Microsoft Office 2007 offers a few proofing tools you can use. Spelling, grammar and research are some of the tools you can use to improve your documents.
  
  

Spelling

• Microsoft Office automatically checks your spelling as you enter words into one of their programs. A red line appears under misspelled words. If you right-click over the misspelled word, you can view Microsoft Office's suggestions for changing the word. Microsoft Office also automatically corrects some misspelled words, including "the" and "have."
  
  

Grammar

• Another Microsoft Office proofing tool is "Grammar Check." As you enter text into an Office program, a green line appears under any errors. Capitalization, fragments, run-ons and negation are checked in your Office documents. If something you enter is grammatically incorrect, a green line will appear under the error. If you right-click over the error, you can view suggestions for correcting the error. You can also add items that you want Office to check for by editing the Options. For example, you can have sentence structure and point of view checked during the Grammar Check.
  
  

Research

• With the "Research" tool, you can fact check the contents of an Office document. After you click the "Research" button, a window opens where you can enter a word or phrase you want to check. After you enter the word or phrase results from various sources, including the Encarta Encyclopedia and Bing search engine, show up. You can then compare the information from the Research results to the document.