AutoCorrect

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Automatically Capitalizing Day Names
When you enter weekday names into a worksheet, Excel normally capitalizes them. This is a part of the AutoCorrect feature. You can control whether the capitalization really takes place or not.

Backing Up Your AutoCorrect Entries
Want to protect the information that you may be stored in your AutoCorrect entries? Just find a special type of file on your system and you can back up to your heart's content.

Increasing the Capacity of AutoCorrect
AutoCorrect can be a great tool to, well, "correct" information that you type. If you get a little creative, you can even use it to insert large blocks of text in the place of small mnemonics you type. However, AutoCorrect has limits on the length of the replacement text. This tip discusses those limits and at least one way you can work around them.

Turning Off Capital Corrections
Tired of having Excel second-guess you when you type a word that starts with two capital letters? You can turn off this AutoCorrect feature by following the steps in this tip.

Unwanted Data Changes
The AutoCorrect feature in Excel can change some of your data in ways you don't like. If you discover this is happening, here's how to track down the problem and fix it.

Using AutoCorrect
The AutoCorrect feature in Excel is a great tool for quickly entering information. Here's an explanation of the feature and a quick overview of how to use it.