Autocorrect options in Office 2007

[miniyazz]

Hi guys,

I'm having a bit of a frustrating time with PowerPoint 2007 here. Basically, in Word 2007, there's a checkbox in the autocorrect options: "Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker", so if I mistype a word by one letter, it automatically corrects it, even if it's a word I added into the dictionary myself.
Anyways, there is no comparable checkbox in PowerPoint that I can find. I'm using PowerPoint a lot at the moment and having that feature would make things go much more smoothly, but I haven't been able to turn up anything with Google, so I'm hoping one of you guys has a bright idea!

Hope you can help!

 

[spitzoid]

The comparable checkbox is "Replace text as you type"

 

[miniyazz]

Unfortunately, that is not the comparable checkbox - I have it selected but it doesn't have that functionality. I'm trying to get it to automatically get it to use the dictionary to replace words, not just the ones specified in the listbox. Pictures below:

So in the Word 2007 one, there is a checkbox near the bottom - this is apparently missing in PowerPoint, so I'm wondering if there's a way round this or if I'm missing something! It seems very silly for the functionality to be there in some Office 2007 programs and not others.

 

[spitzoid]

You're right, sorry.

It is weird that Microsoft have only got this functionality in Word and not the other programs in the Office suite. I guess you could write out your text in Word and copy & paste it into Powerpoint?

EDIT: It seems as though the option is only available in; Word, Publisher & Outlook. Link

 

[miniyazz]

Unfortunately, that would be much more hassle than it's worth!
Yer I came across that link too. Thought I had the solution, and then..
Does OpenOffice do this autocorrect thing do you know? Much as it pains me to use it when I've bought Office 2007 (even if it was at the student rate).

Or, anyone else have any amazing insights that seem to defy the facts of Office?