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4.13 CUTTING DOWN ON TYPING WITH AUTOCORRECT

If you struggle with the keyboard, then it would be worthwhile getting to know about Autocorrect as it saves time and finger effort. This useful feature allows you to create shorthand contractions which stand for words and phrases you use regularly, for example, the letters TG could stand for "thank you for getting in touch with us". You could also have a shorthand way of writing your name.

To get into Autocorrect when you are in Microsoft Word, press ALT T then A, and Thunder will say "Autocorrect replace".

Type your contraction then press ALT W (replace with).

Type what the contraction should stand for.

Press ALT A ENTER to add it to your list of contractions. You will then be back in your document.

Suppose you want a quick way of writing "Many thanks for your recent letter". This is what you could do:

ALT TA MT ALT W Many thanks for your recent letter. ALT A ENTER.

When you next want to write that phrase, just type mt and press the Spacebar, it will appear in your document.

Here are a couple more that may be useful:

ALT TA EN ALT W I enjoyed meeting you recently. ALT A ENTER.

ALT TA TC ALT W Further to our recent telephone conversation

ALT A ENTER.

You can have as many autocorrects as you like but avoid pitfalls such as "re". Don't use whole words such as "to", and be prepared to be caught out sometimes.

If you can’t remember your autocorrects, press ALT T then A, and ARROW DOWN about eleven times and you will hear the first shorthand contraction. Press TAB to hear what it stands for. Continue Arrowing Down the list.

If you want to change an autocorrect, press ALT T then A, ARROW DOWN to the one to change, press TAB until you hear "Delete" and press ENTER. That contraction will no longer work unless you set it up again. Autocorrects don’t work in email.

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.