Spell Checking a Document

Who would have thought something as simple as a few misspelled words could undermine all your hard work? They can, and they will. Like it or not, readers will question the credibility of a writer if they find typos in the text. Save yourself the potential embarrassment by running Spell Checker on every document, no matter how short it is, before you send it off.

Develop a habit of saving documents before you run any of the writing tools such as the Spell Checker. This way, if you make some changes that you decide you don't want to keep, you can always go back to the saved copy. Also, the writing tools may occasionally lock up your system, especially with long or complex documents, so it's especially important that you ...

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