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anoneditor
Jul 23, 2021Brass Contributor
New spell check highlight--how to disable
I've noticed a new red highlight (not the red squiggly underline) connected to spell check in Word. It only appears when you mouse over a word that has been flagged by spell check. When you click on ...
KennethLever
Sep 20, 2021Copper Contributor
Hello, I am having this exact same issue. While I understand the need to have it on tablets, on laptops and desktops there has to be a way to disable this feature. Its intently more cumbersome and annoying to deal with the popup box every time I want to edit a word. While google has yielded zero results, as I don't know what the feature is called beyond "editing card" (which only comes up with tips about how to make and edit greeting cards), hopefully somebody does and or has a solution beyond turning off spellcheck entirely. Figures crossed this issue is resolved soon, I don't want to switch back to pages on mac.
NikolinoDE
Sep 20, 2021Gold Contributor
When you create a document in Word, Word compares all the words with the dictionaries stored in Word as you write. If you use a word that is not entered there, it will be underlined as an error with a red wavy line. This is helpful in the case of typing errors. Unfortunately, these lines also appear in technical terms and proper names that are not found in dictionaries. So if you have to deal with technical terms frequently, you can either add these to the user dictionary or switch off the automatic checking function without further ado.
To switch off the display of the red wavy lines, go to the “File” tab and select the “Options” entry.
In the "Document Checker" category, deselect the "Check Spelling As You Type" option.
You can still have Word check the spelling of your document by calling up the spelling checker in the "Check" tab with the "Spelling and grammar" button.
* Machine translated with Google Translator from the German text of the upper link.
I would be happy to know if I could help.
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
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- LawManNarwhalDec 02, 2021Copper Contributor
NikolinoDE Dude please be quiet.
You are clearly not reading the posts here, and keep offering the same painfully irrelevant information about...how spell check works?
"When you create a document in Word, Word compares all the words with the dictionaries stored in Word as you write. If you use a word that is not entered there, it will be underlined as an error with a red wavy line."
Be QUIET
- LAinWLAFeb 17, 2022Copper Contributorpreach
- NikolinoDEDec 02, 2021Gold Contributor
Should one answer such comments? ..NO
Should such anonymous comments be given any value? ...NO
Nevertheless, I would like to try to answer you.
I can well imagine when a user has a problem that it can be very annoying, especially when it becomes a time problem in his project.
I really don't understand where your condescending communication is coming from.
My last comment on this matter was 09-20 and you send your comment on 12-1,
almost 3 months later ... are you sure ??
However, this does not give anyone the right to bully people who want to help.
Probably it has not occurred to you that one could write in this forum like for example "This suggested solution did not help me".
It may not even occur to you that in some languages some translators use a translator to support us and sometimes grammatical errors can occur.
These points are not an excuse on my part, are more intended to remove some blinkers.
A lot of people look around and above themselves without looking inside themselves beforehand.
Nevertheless I would like to apologize if I accidentally insulted you in any way (which is not my intention what and is). I like to take constructive criticism that can make me a better person…and I mean constructive criticism.
In the end I would like to invite you to ask further questions here in the forum, I will try not to react to them so as not to disturb you :).
As long as we are connected by humanity and MS Office :), it doesn't matter what separates us.
You are always welcome.
- UnHappyWindowsUserAug 17, 2022Copper Contributor
You commenting on the wrong issue several times. Since you haven't taken the time to read and understand the issue, LawManNarwhal was simply asked you to be quite. You should take his advice and stop annoying us.
- GeldmarSep 20, 2021Brass Contributor
Hi NikolinoDE
The problem is not the wavy red lines, these are useful and function as they always have by allowing you to right-click and choose to correct or ignore etc.
The problem is the red highlight that opens a popup as in the image attached when you left-click on the word. This is frustrating as anoneditor mentioned in their 29 July post, because there are many more reasons to left-click a word, and for laptop or desktop users that have the ability to right-click, the spell-check option is available there and has been working fine for ages. We don't need another way to correct a spelling mistake.For further info see: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/419624/how-to-turn-off-new-popup-for-spell-checking-in-word-for-mac-on-macos-11-3