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Tania-Menlo
Jan 30, 2022Copper Contributor
Why does Project still not have a Spell Checker?
I've been using MS Project since 1990 - yep, that far back, and it amazes me that it still does not have a spell checking facility! Especially when I look at how many people in the construction indu...
Vadim_Gerya
Mar 19, 2022Copper Contributor
HI Tania-Menlo !
As I know MS Project check spelling by F7 in old style checking. So it goes sequentially from one misspell to other showing you cases to select from.
- OndrejRacekJul 11, 2023Copper Contributor
Vadim_Gerya, thanks, this worked but the corrections are not necessarily effective immediatelly.
I tested it as follows:
- In the Sprint Planning Board view I added a new task where I misspelled the French word "projet" as "projett"
- The spellcheck found it and I selected change
- Interestingly this was immediatelly reflected in the Task information but not in the label of the task on the Sprint Planning Board
- When I changed to Gantt Chart, the task name was correct