FWE Override Autocorrect Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook - Windows

This document shows you how to have Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook accept the acronym FWE for the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology.

Audience

  • Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Forest & Wildlife faculty, students, and staff; Hub staff - anyone in Russell Labs who needs to use the acronym "FWE" in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Outlook.

Overview

Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook have default AutoCorrect options that view the word fwe or FWE as a misspelled word.  Based on that assumption, AutoCorrect then leaps in to save the day and "fixes" it for you.  Repeatedly.

Fortunately, in the desktop versions of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook, you can add the words to the program's dictionary so it will stop trying to change it. 

Steps 

Note: these steps may vary slightly according to the version of Office you are using.

In Excel

  1. Go to: File Tab >> Options >> Proofing In Proofing. The Excel Options window appears:
    Excel Options window showing Autocorrect option.

  2. Click the AutoCorrect Options button. An Autocorrect window appears.
  3. In the AutoCorrect window, locate the Replace and With boxes.
  4. In the Replace field, enter:
    fwe
  5. The With box autofills with the word few.
  6. Click in the With box. Select and delete the word few.
  7. Enter:
    fwe
  8. Click OK. The Autocorrect window closes, and the Excel Options window reappears.
  9. Click OK. The Excel Options window closes.

In Outlook

  1. Go to: File Tab>>Options>>Mail>>Editor Options>>Proofing>>Autocorrect Options.

  2. Once there the Editor Options are the same as the instructions above for Microsoft Excel.

Questions


Keywords:
russell lab hub administration, excel, outlook, FWE acronym how to fix, Override Autocorrect 
Doc ID:
144777
Owned by:
Dixie L. in Russell Labs Hub
Created:
2024-11-20
Updated:
2026-08-28
Sites:
Russell Labs Hub