Windows 11 Enhances Writing with New Grammar Tools Across Applications

Windows 11: Elevating Your Writing Experience with Advanced Grammar Tools

Windows 11 has introduced a suite of grammar features designed to enhance your writing experience across various applications. While the operating system seamlessly highlights misspelled words and offers autocorrections, users must take a few steps to manually configure these tools in specific applications such as Notepad, Outlook, and Microsoft 365. For those utilizing the latest version of Windows 11, the built-in capabilities eliminate the need for third-party tools, making it easier to maintain accuracy in your writing.

How to Enable Grammar Tools on Windows 11

To access the grammar tools available on Windows 11, follow these straightforward steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Time & language.
3. Select the Typing page on the right side.
4. Activate the “Autocorrect misspelled words” toggle switch to enable automatic typo corrections.
5. Turn on the “Highlight misspelled words” toggle switch to activate the spellchecker feature.
6. (Optional) Enable the “Show text suggestions when typing on the physical keyboard” toggle switch for predictive text options.
7. (Optional) Activate the “Multilingual text suggestions” toggle switch if you work with multiple languages.

Upon completing these steps, your system will highlight misspelled words and automatically correct typos across all applications.

Review Your Typing Stats

To monitor your typing statistics on Windows 11, follow these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Time & language.
3. Select the Typing page on the right side.
4. Access the “Typing insights” setting.
5. Confirm your stats using the system grammar tools.
6. (Optional) Disable the “Typing insights” toggle switch if you wish to turn off this feature.

After completing these steps, you can review spelling corrections, suggested words, and the keystrokes saved through these features.

Manage Custom Dictionary

If you find that certain correctly spelled words are being flagged as incorrect, it may be due to entries mistakenly added to your custom dictionary. While you cannot edit the custom dictionary directly, you can clear it to start fresh. To do this:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Privacy & security.
3. Select the Inking & typing personalization page.
4. Access the Custom dictionary setting.
5. (Optional) Disable the “Custom inking and typing dictionary” toggle switch.
6. (Option 1) Review the list of words added to the dictionary.
7. (Option 2) Click the “Clear your custom dictionary” button to remove all entries.

Once completed, you can manage and clear your custom dictionary as needed.

How to Enable Grammar Tools on Specific System Apps on Windows 11

While spelling features are available system-wide, some applications require manual configuration to access these tools, including Notepad, Microsoft Edge, and Outlook.

Notepad

To enable spelling features in Notepad:

1. Open Notepad.
2. Click the Settings (gear) button in the top-right corner.
3. Toggle the Spell check switch to enable the feature.
4. (Optional) Adjust the Spell check settings to include or exclude specific file types.
5. Turn on the Autocorrect toggle switch.

Once these steps are complete, Notepad will utilize Windows 11’s spell check integration to enhance your writing experience.

Update: 05 Sep 2024