Learn the steps to enable text suggestions (predictive text) and autocorrect features in Windows 10 to make typing easier.
Most don’t know this, but Windows 10 has built-in features that display text (predictive text) and autocorrect suggestions as you type on your keyboard. These suggestions help you type faster, more easily, and with fewer errors. In this quick and easy guide, I will show how to enable the text suggestions and autocorrect features in Windows 10 using the Settings app. Let’s get started.
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Before You Start
- Predictive text and autocorrect features work for both hardware and on-screen keyboards.
- Predictive text and autocorrect suggestions may not appear for some languages.
Steps to Enable Text Suggestions (Predictive Text) in Windows 10
We can turn on the text suggestions feature in Windows 10 using the Settings app. You don’t have to modify the registry or group policy. It is a pretty simple process. Let me show you how.
- Press “Windows key + I” to open Settings.
- Go to the “Devices” > “Typing” page.
- Turn ON the “Show text predictions as I type” toggle.
- Turn ON the “Multilingual text suggestions” toggle.
- With that, you’ve enabled text suggestions (predictive text) in Windows 10.
Detailed Steps (With Screenshots)
To start off, open the settings app by pressing the “Windows key + I” keyboard shortcut. You can also click on the Settings icon (gear) in the Start menu.
Once it opens, click the “Devices” option and then go to the “Typing” tab on the sidebar. On the right panel, scroll down to the “Hardware Keyboard” section and turn ON the “Show text predictions as I type” toggle.
After that, scroll down and turn ON the toggle under the “Multilingual text suggestions” section. That way, even if you are not using English as your typing language, Windows 10 shows text suggestions if the language is supported.
That is it. With that, you’ve turned on text suggestions (predictive text) in Windows 10.
For example, as you can see from the image below, as I type “Hey there, good “, you can see Windows displaying three text predictions that I might use. To use a suggestion, use your mouse or press the up arrow, select the word with the left and right arrows, and press Enter.
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Steps to Enable Autocorrect in Windows 10
If you want Windows 10 to show autocorrect suggestions, you must enable the Autocorrect feature via the Settings app. Here’s how.
- Press “Windows key + I” to open Settings.
- Go to the “Devices” > “Typing” page.
- Turn ON the “Autocorrect misspelled words I type” toggle.
- With that, you’ve enabled autocorrect in Windows 10.
Detailed Steps (With Screenshots)
Just like earlier, open the Settings app by pressing the “Windows key + I” shortcut. Next, click the “Devices” option and then go to the “Typing” tab on the left sidebar.
On the right panel, turn ON the “Autocorrect misspelled words I type” toggle, and you are good to go.
With that, you’ve enabled autocorrect in Windows 10. From now on, whenever there is a spelling mistake or typo, you will see suggestions appear as you type.
You can use the arrow keys to select a suggestion and press “Enter” to use it. Doing so will instantly replace the wrong spelling or typo with the correct one.
That is all. It is that simple to turn on the text suggestions and autocorrect features in Windows 10. If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.
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Why are your instructions for predictive text limited to Windows 10? What about those who have 7? My keyboard also doesn’t have a “Win” key. Your instructions are very poor.
I haven’t used Windows 7 for years now. So, I don’t know if this feature exists in Windows 7. Most probably it doesn’t. Moreover, Windows 7 is at the end of its lifecycle (Jan 2020).
When I say “Win” key, I’m talking about the key that has the Windows logo on it.
This isn’t a feature in Windows 7; that’s why.
Plus, it had been announced by the time your comment was posted that support for Windows 7 would be ended by Microsoft in the months following as Windows 10 has been out for literally years now; that’s also why.
Also, it’s not the writer’s fault if you are using a non-standard keyboard with your Windows machine; any OEM laptop shipped with Windows installed will have a Windows key as part of its keyboard (since before even Windows 7), as will 90% or more 3rd-party USB/wireless keyboards made in the last 20+ years, due to Windows being the dominant OS in the consumer market.
In the time you spent typing this comment, you could have easily searched Google, Bing, and even DuckDuckGo for a workaround to implement a similar feature in Windows 7.
But here you go, for your troubles:
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=pReDiCtIvE+tEXt+iN+wInDoWs+7&iie=1
Recently , when using the OSK and Predictive text , the predicted words disappear in a nanosecond – much too quickly to use the feature.
I’ve turned predictive text off In Windows 10 but it still shows, how can I stop this.
First, make sure you disabled the “Show text suggestions as I type” option and restart the system to apply the changes.