Type abbreviations and use auto-correct to finish words for you If you write all the time like me you will love this little trick. Well its not a trick, I am just using auto-correct in Microsoft Word to my advantage. I am going to show you how to make Word translate your text abbreviations you use into finished words. Yes, Word is going to finish or complete the words that I am going to write. Why would I want to write a word like abbreviations when I can simply put abb and then press the space bar. The finished word will appear for me.  How do you add text abbreviations to auto-correct in word 2007?   Microsoft Word 2007.  Press on the  Office symbol  in the left top corner. Go to the bottom and press on the  Word Options button . See the screenshot below. Word options  will appear. Choose  Proofing  from the left menu. Now press on the  AutoCorrect Options  button as in the screenshot below. The  ...