Spell Check On Excel Worksheet

Before pressing f7 or the spelling button right click on any sheet tab and click select all sheets.

Spell check on excel worksheet. Select the region to be checked. By default excel ignores words in uppercase ignores words that contain numbers ignores internet and file addresses and flags repeated words. You can tell it to spell check multiple sheets at once with a simple trick.

If you want to perform a spell check in excel. In the review tab there is an option spelling as shown in the image. By default excel only looks at a single sheet when checking spelling.

How to spell check the current worksheet. Follow the below steps to perform a spell check in excel. Click on the spelling option which is located in the proofing group on the review table of the excel ribbon.

Then run spell check as normal. If you select a single cell for spell check excel checks the entire worksheet including the comments page headers footers and graphics. When you run the spell check it starts from whichever cell is currently selected so if you want to start the spell check at the beginning of the worksheet put the cursor on cell a1 before starting.

To spell check the entire workbook hold down ctrl to select multiple sheets and press f7. Here are some things that happen when you use the spelling checker. Clicking this option will initiate the spell checking.

With your excel spreadsheet opened simply navigate to the review tab in the ribbon.