Excel: Turn off autocorrect - here's how

Autocorrect in Excel is useful for avoiding typos in formulas or other input. If you still don't want to use autocorrect for your Excel documents, you can turn it off via the options. The procedure depends on the Excel version you are using.

How to turn off autocorrect in Excel

Excel has an autocorrect feature that checks for incorrect formulas and typos as you type and corrects them automatically. Excel takes its cue from the typical spelling of words and symbols and improves them accordingly. If you do not want to use the auto-correction activated by default in Excel, because it often corrects your entries incorrectly, you can turn it off directly in the program.

1. If you are using a newer version of Excel, such as Excel 2013, please click on the "File" tab first to turn off the auto-correction.
2. After that, open the "Options" and navigate there to "Document Review" > "Autocorrection Options".
3. Uncheck all checked boxes and save the changed settings by clicking "OK".
4. Users of Excel 2010 or older please go to "File" > "Word Options" > "Document Review" > "Autocorrect" instead to disable autocorrect.
5. If you have Excel 2003 installed on your computer, you can disable autocorrect by going to "Tools" > "Autocorrect Options" in the menu.

How to edit the autocorrect settings

If you do not want to completely disable autocorrect in Excel, you can instead make changes to the autocorrect settings. To do this, navigate to the autocorrect options window as described above, click on the "Exceptions" button, and specify which inputs Excel should not correct.