# Spell Checking for Notes, Consults, and Discharge Summaries

You can use spell checking on notes, consults, and discharge summaries if you have Microsoft Word on your workstation.

To spell check a document or a selection, use these steps:

1. To spell check the entire document, skip to step 2. Click-and-drag to select text if you want to only check a selection.

2. Right-click on the selection or document and select Spell Check....

To add another dictionary, such as an online medical dictionary to Word's spell checker, see the Microsoft Word Help file entries about dictionaries.