Manually Adjust Auto-Correct

Oftentimes, when I'm typing a name, or even a word that actually is a word but Snow Leopard doesn't recognize it, the word changes into something that I don't want. Is there a way for me to access all the corrections and disable the ones I don't want? I know that the Text tab in Language & Text in System Preferences allows me to add custom auto-corrects, but there are a bunch built into the system that I don't want. For instance, I was typing the name "Shapiro", but it auto-corrected it into "Shaper". And sometimes in a long document, I have to manually go through and check everything instead of just a find and replace, for those times when I actually want the corrected word.

musicwind95 wrote:
Oftentimes, when I'm typing a name, or even a word that actually is a word but Snow Leopard doesn't recognize it, the word changes into something that I don't want. Is there a way for me to access all the corrections and disable the ones I don't want? I know that the Text tab in Language & Text in System Preferences allows me to add custom auto-corrects, but there are a bunch built into the system that I don't want. For instance, I was typing the name "Shapiro", but it auto-corrected it into "Shaper". And sometimes in a long document, I have to manually go through and check everything instead of just a find and replace, for those times when I actually want the corrected word.
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The on-screen QWERTY keyboard lends itself to frequent typos. Since I started using the Xperia, the auto-correct dictionary has been automatically synced and populated with various words that it apparently grabbed out of my gmail, email, contacts, address book, or elsewhere. This includes names, segments of email addresses, already misspelled words, etc.
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I understand the importance of having a streamlined text experience. I would suggest deleting some of the auto-saved words from the dictionary. Settings>Language & Keyboard>User Dictionary. Press on hold the word you no longer want and the select delete. I am hopeful this information is helpful. Please let me know if you need further assistance.
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Why did Word on Office 2013 REMOVE Auto Correct from Right-Click Context Menu??

Hi Microsoft -
I normally don't rant, but this is a killer feature removal, and the reason given is for aesthetics - 'Removal of clutter" is how it's worded here:
[Changes in Office 2013]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178954(en-us).aspx
I copy n pasted below the operative row from the linked TechNet page as to the reason WHY this critical (and very popular feature) has been removed from Microsoft Office 2013 Word's context-menu: LESS CLUTTER
And your answer is ambiguous and doesn't solve the issue that you created to make things prettier: "Click the AutoCorrect Options button" Then what? ADD EACH WORD MANUALLY?
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COPY N PASTE AS FOLLOWS:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Contents of spelling error context menu
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Modifying the feature
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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