Thesaurus and Spelling and Grammar features in MS Word 2013

Using the thesaurus, you can look up synonyms (different words with the same meaning) and antonyms (words with the opposite meaning).

1.Click the word in your document that you want to look up.

2. On the Review tab, click Thesaurus.
3.To use one of the words in the list of results or to search for more words, do one of the following:

To replace your selected word with one of the words from the list, point to it, click the down arrow, then click Insert.

To copy and paste a word from the list, point to it, click the down arrow, then click Copy. You can then paste the word anywhere that you like.

To look up additional related words, click a word in the list of results.

Tips: You can also look up words in the thesaurus


All Microsoft Office programs can check spelling, and most can check grammar.

If you find that spelling or grammar checking isn't working as you'd expect see The spelling and grammar checker isn't working as expected. If you'd like to check spelling or grammar in a language other than your default language see Check spelling and grammar in a different language.



To start a check of the spelling and grammar in your file just press F7 or follow these steps:

1. Open most Office programs, click the Review tab on the ribbon. In Access or InfoPath you can skip this step. In Project you'll go to the Project tab.

2. Click Spelling or Spelling & Grammar.

3. If the program finds spelling mistakes, a dialog box appears with the first misspelled word found by the spelling checker.

4. After you decide how to resolve the misspelling (ignoring it, adding it to the program’s dictionary, or changing it), the program moves to the next misspelled word.

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