1.

Open Microsoft Office Word 2003.

2.

Open the Blue Whales document from the sample files.

3.

Click the Tools menu and click Spelling and Grammar.

Uncheck the box Check Grammar.

4.

For the first spelling mistake found, click among in the suggestions box and click Change.

For any further spelling mistakes, make the changes you think are appropriate.

5.

When the spelling check is complete, right-click on the word is in the sentence “Here is several pictures of whales.”

Click the word are in the suggestions menu.

6.

Follow the same procedure with the other grammatical errors: right-click on each of them and make the appropriate changes.

7.

Click the Tools menu and click Spelling and Grammar.

Click the Options button.

In the Grammar section of the Options window, check Check Grammar with Spelling and Show readability statistics. Under Writing Style, choose Grammar and Style.

Click Recheck Document. Click Yes to the warning and click OK.

8.

Press the F7 key on your keyboard. Go through the spelling and grammar check to make sure you didn’t miss anything.

When the statistics show, write down how many words you have in your document.

9.

Re-read your document to make sure everything is correct. Make any changes that you think are necessary.

10.

Save your document to the desktop as Blue Whales.doc.