| The world today has gone literally gone acronym | | | | type in cna it will automatically correct it to can. |
| crazy. Every industry has its own plethora of | | | | Autocorrect is actually available in all Microsoft Office |
| acronyms to bamboozle the uninitiated. Acronyms are | | | | Applications which include Microsoft Word, Excel, |
| also often a source of great pain for those people | | | | PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Outlook and FrontPage. |
| who have to create procedure documents for their | | | | Now the really cool part about this is that if you setup |
| industry. There is a way to survive this turmoil through | | | | an Autocorrect entry in say Microsoft PowerPoint, it |
| the power of Autocorrect and it will definitely save you | | | | will also be available in all of the other applications. This |
| time. | | | | means that you are going to save time both in the initial |
| Autocorrect was originally developed by Microsoft to | | | | setup but also whilst you are creating these |
| help those people using Microsoft Office and in | | | | documents. |
| particular Microsoft Word overcome typing issues but | | | | If you find that when you tried the example I gave to |
| it has also become the saviour to those working in an | | | | you before that it did not convert the misspelt word to |
| acronym world. | | | | the correct word then most likely the AutoCorrect |
| I hear you saying it, HOW! | | | | function has been turned off. To turn it on in Microsoft |
| An acronym in essence is short couple of characters | | | | Word 2003 simply choose the Tools menu and then |
| that have a special meaning for example in Australia | | | | choose AutoCorrect Options. You will see a checkbox |
| we have a term called the Australian Business | | | | next to the words "Replace Text as you type". If the |
| Number which has an acronym abn. If you were | | | | checkbox does not have a tick next to it then you |
| producing a lot of documents that refer to the term | | | | need to click once on the check box to activate it. |
| Australian Business Number you would find it takes a | | | | Then finish off the process by pressing the OK button. |
| little time to right that whole name. In many cases it | | | | There are three autocorrect entries which I think are |
| would be inappropriate to actually use the acronym. | | | | absolutely essential to know and that is how you can |
| What Autocorrect allows you to do is to program into | | | | insert the Trade Mark Symbol, Registered Symbol and |
| the application the term abn and associate it with the | | | | Copyright Symbol without using the symbol command. |
| full name Australian Business Number. | | | | All you do is type the following - |
| What this means is that when you are typing your | | | | (tm) - Creates the Trade Mark Symbol |
| documents and you need to refer to the term | | | | (c) - Creates the Copyright Symbol |
| Australian Business Number, you simply type in abn | | | | (r) - Creates the Registered Symbol |
| and as you press the space bar Microsoft Word will | | | | Autocorrect is certainly one of the tools that I think is |
| then convert the acronym abn to Australian Business | | | | really cool but is often misunderstood and not used to |
| Number. | | | | its full potential. Using AutoCorrect in this way will save |
| So why does it do this? | | | | you hours of time when dealing with acronyms. It might |
| Like I mentioned before, Autocorrect was really | | | | take a little time setting up your acronyms but once its |
| developed to overcome the issue of people mistyping | | | | completed it will save you countless hours and make |
| words. Essentially as you type Autocorrect checks to | | | | you far more efficient and effective in using the |
| see if what you are typing is correct and if its not it will | | | | Microsoft Office Suite. |
| correct it with the options in the Autocorrect list. Some | | | | Learn Microsoft Word with our Word Help Course. If |
| of the common typing mistakes you might incur would | | | | you are looking for a tool to help you learn Microsoft |
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