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Set correction preferences

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Set correction preferences

- [Instructor] Okay, confession time. Generally, I don't like using autocorrect, but when it comes to repeatedly writing long or hard to spell words, I might want to dive into Scrivener's correction preferences to make some adjustments. I'll start by clicking on Scrivener and then selecting Preferences. Under Corrections, I'll review my options. If I know I'm going to be writing many long or hard to spell words throughout a project, I'll check all my choices under Auto-Correction, especially correct spelling errors as you type. The others, Fix capitalization of sentences, Capitalize I, Superscript ordinances. Well, personally, I do find these kind of handy so I might want to leave them checked on. And further, you can see I have other options to chose under the headings of Punctuation, Data-Detection and Auto-Completion. Which options do I think you should choose? Well, that depends on both your project and your preferred way of working. Some of the choices that drive me bonkers, will…

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