Reviewing e-mail messages before sending them is good practice, especially in a work environment. Continuously sending e-mails to co-workers with obvious spelling errors can, unfortunately, leave recipients wondering about your professionalism. However, we are all human and even the most obvious errors can be overlooked.

As a precaution, in case you did overlook something when reviewing a message, you can set up Outlook to automatically check your spelling when you click the Send button. Any person who uses Outlook in an office environment should have this option enabled.

You can configure this option in Outlook 2007 by completing the list of steps below.

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click Tools and then Options
3. Click the Spelling tab.
4. Place a check beside the Always check spelling before sending option.
5. Click OK.

When you select this option, Outlook will automatically check your messages for spelling errors when you click the Send button. If any errors are found, a dialog box will appear with suggestions as to how they can be corrected. You can select the correct spelling for any words listed and the message will be on its way.

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