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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.
OndrejRacek
Jul 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