Turn Off Automatic Correction in Windows 8

Edited by Lukward Thomason, VisiHow, Eng

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    The first thing that we need to do is access the charms menu by moving the mouse cursor to the upper-right corner of the screen
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    Then, we select "Settings"
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    Then, we need to click "Change PC settings"
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    Once the settings open, we need to click "PC and devices"
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    From this menu, we need to click "Typing"
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    At the right side of the screen, we turn off "Autocorrect misspelled words"
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    We also turn off "Highlight misspelled words"
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    Once this is done, the autocorrection will no longer work.
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Recent edits by: VisiHow, Lukward Thomason

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