Adding Exceptions to the AutoCorrect List

You can prevent AutoCorrect from correcting specific abbreviations or words that have mixed capital letters and lowercase letters.

  1. Choose Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options, and then click the Exceptions tab.

  2. Do one of the following:

    Type the abbreviation followed by a period in the Abbreviations (no subsequent capital) box and click New.

    Type the word in the Words with TWo INitial CApitals box and click New.

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To quickly undo an AutoCorrect replacement, press +Z. This also adds the word or abbreviation that you typed to the AutoCorrect exceptions list.


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