Spelling auto-correct on Lumia 1520

I have upgraded to Phone 8.1 and really like it. I am reading about the new features and one talks about Auto-correct as you type a message. My phone does not do this which I like a lot as prevents the dreded auto correct errors, but I see nowhere any way to enable Auto Correct. Is there a way to turn it on and off?
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nether of these two answers solve the problem. I tried both but still see no option to turn on/off the option to auto correct spelling. The spelling does auto correct when you use Shape Writing and it is wrong with names manily but I never get any word that auto corrects when typing in words.
I want to be clear, I do not want the phone to auto correct but would like to know where (if there is one) a place to turn it on or off.
Thanks for the replies.

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