Thread: Changing Microsoft Word options

Microsoft Word comes well organized right out of the box for most users. But there may be some settings you want to modify to create your word processing easier.

Changing the recently used file list

One choice you want to modify is how many documents appear in just utilized list when you click on file menu. You want to show more, less or none in any way. You want to do is go to Tools, Options and click General tab. You will notice just utilized file list where you can modify the many entries from default 4.



Saving and recovery options

Microsoft Word has a few good aspects to help you save your data in case of PC or user error.



Firstly Allow Background Saves option which saves documents in background as you work.

Then we have Always create backup copy. This choice makes a backup copy of a document every time you save document. Every backup copy substitutes the earlier backup copy.

Then Save AutoRecover info choice. Word will automatically make a document recovery file at interval you give in the minute’s box. If PC ends responding or loses power suddenly, Word opens the AutoRecover file the next time you open Word.

Spelling and grammar settings

You can place Word to do things like test your spelling and grammar as you type. When these choices are set, you will see red squiggly underlines below misspelled words and green squiggly underlines for grammatical errors.

Go to Tools, Options and then Spelling & Grammar tab. In following image there are many other settings you can modify to convert your spelling and grammar experience.