Tips for using auto-spell correction on Android

The Autocorrect feature can be 'savior' to help you get out of embarrassing situations because of spelling errors in emails and messages. However, this feature can also become a nightmare when they mislead readers miserably. This article will show you some tips for using the Autocorrect feature on Android.

Add acronyms, special words, unique names to the personal dictionary.

Adding acronyms, special words or proper names to the keyboard application dictionary will help you speed up typing, faster text editing, closer to writing.

In some applications, such as Gmail, users can add new words directly to the application depending on the device and operating system in use. For example, when typing a word that is not in the dictionary, and it will be replaced by another word (eg 'this' is replaced with 'that'), if the user presses the delete button, the original word will appear. (this) or the user will have to retype the word (this). These words (this) will be underlined in red. Touch or double-click the word to add to dictionary or replace to save to the dictionary.

If the application does not have a menu to add words directly to the dictionary, visit Settings to add words. In settings, select Language & input -> Personal dictionary , click the plus sign to add new words.

In this setting, users can also add acronyms (eg "hbd" for Happy Birthday), special words, symbols, personal names, . Now you can use the dictionary above. All devices are synchronized. Therefore you do not need to reinstall on a new Android device.

When using a third-party Android keyboard application, the process of adding new words will be different when using the default Android keyboard.

The Swiftkey keyboard application will learn from user behavior and stop editing frequently used words. However, users can still add abbreviations to the dictionary using the hint and export box. shown above the keyboard

Swype keyboard application allows users to add or delete words in the dictionary. To add words, press and hold the word you want to add in the selected word list on the keyboard.

In Touchpal keyboard application, users must go to the app's settings to add words.

With Fleksy keyboard application, users can swipe up once to get back from the original (not spelled) and swipe up 2 times to save words into the dictionary.

How to enable and disable the Autocorrect feature.

Users can turn off the Autocorrect feature when they do not want to use it. All of the third-party keyboard applications as well as Android's default keyboards provide the option to turn this feature on and off.

In the Language & input section, you can also enable or disable spell checking and change the language specific to it. If installing a third-party keyboard application, go to Settings -> Language & input -> select the keyboard application (for example, Google Keyboard) -> Text correction and choose to turn on / off. In this setting, users can also adjust other settings such as blocking offensive words; word suggestions, contact names and display of next word suggestions.

You can refer to how to turn off the spell check feature detailed in TipsMake.com's article.

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