Microsoft OneNote for Mac helps you detect and fix spelling errors as you type. This can save you time and effort while keeping your notes error-free.

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Check spelling and grammar as you type

When you type, OneNote automatically checks for potential spelling errors, and underlines the words you should check with a squiggly red line.

To check a misspelling, control-click the underlined word, and choose the appropriate option.

You can do one of the following:

If available, click one of the suggestions to substitute the misspelled word.
Click Ignore, to reject the error detection.
Click Add to Dictionary, to make sure that OneNote doesn’t detect the word as an error in the future.
Click Smart Lookup, to do a quick Bing search on the word.

Check spelling on an entire page

To check spelling on an entire page, do the following:

Click Tools > Spelling.
In the Spelling pane on the right, do any of the following:
- Click Ignore to skip the currently selected text and move on to the next item.
- Click Add to add the currently selected text to the dictionary so that OneNote doesn’t detect the word as an error in the future.
- Select a replacement word in the list, and then at the bottom of the pane, click Change.

Turn automatic spelling check on or off

On the menu bar, click OneNote > Preferences.
In the OneNote Preferences dialog box, click Spelling.
Under Spelling and AutoCorrect, check or clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Turn automatic capitalization on or off

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On the menu bar, click OneNote > Preferences.
In the OneNote Preferences dialog box, click Spelling.
Under Spelling and AutoCorrect, check or clear the Capitalize the first letter of sentences check box.

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Turn periods with double-space on or off

You can set OneNote to add a period after a word or sentence by tapping the space bar twice.

On the Apple menu, click System Preferences.
In System Preferences window, click keyboard.
Click the Text tab.
Check or clear the Add period with double-space check box.

Check the spelling of your notes in a different language

You can change the proofing language for text on a page.

Note: You cannot change the proofing language for an entire notebook. Nor can you set the default proofing language for all future sessions with OneNote.

On the menu bar, click Tools > Set Proofing Language.
In the Language list, select the language you want OneNote to use during an spelling check.
Click OK.
After the spell checking is complete, the spelling language will revert back to the original language.

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Summary

Existing Office 2016 for Mac customers will be seamlessly upgraded to 64-bit versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote as part of the August product release (version 15.25). This affects customers of all license types: Retail, Office 365 Consumer, Office 365 Commercial, and Volume License installations.

Deployment options for the 64-bit update

AutoUpdate (MAU)

Customers who use Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) to keep their Office applications up-to-date will see a 'regular' monthly update notification when their selected channel is upgraded to 64-bit builds. Depending on which version is installed on the local computer, MAU will offer either a delta or full update. The update package size does not change between 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Also, MAU can deliver a delta update when applicable to update a user from 32-bit to 64-bit applications. Therefore, customers won't experience a sharp increase in download activity. For the release to the Production channel, customers will see '(64-bit)' in the update title to make them aware that this is a 64-bit update.

For information about how to use the MAU, see Check for Office for Mac updates automatically.

Manual updates

The August release of Office for Mac is available for manual download. The following file provides a 64-bit package to replace existing 32-bit applications with 64-bit variants during installation:

Download the Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac August update package now.

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Volume License Service Center

Volume License customers typically get their Office 2016 software from the Volume License Service Center (VLSC). These builds are refreshed infrequently and are typically aligned with new language editions. The VLSC will continue to offer 32-bit installers (15.23) until November 2016. However, all updater packages that are released after August will be based on 64-bit builds. Therefore, a VLSC customer who updates either manually or through AutoUpdate will be transitioned to 64-bit builds.

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The Mac operating system has been 64-bit for several years. Unlike for Windows, there's no choice between running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Mac operating system. Similarly, we won't offer a choice between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office 2016 for Mac. After each 'channel' is transitioned per the rollout schedule, only 64-bit builds will be available.