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New spell check highlight--how to disable
I'm not the most suitable for this topic, my knowledge is very limited when it comes to Mac, but I can try to help you:)).
To turn off auto-correcting for a specific app,
open the app and choose Edit -> Spelling & Grammar -> Auto-Correct Spelling
(it's disabled if it's unchecked).
If an app's Edit menu doesn't have a spell check or grammar check command, check the settings or menus to see if the app has its own spell check component/setup.
I would be happy to know if I could help.
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
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Hi NikolinoDE, I'm not looking to turn off spell check or auto-correcting. As I mentioned in my comment, "I would like to turn this red highlight off WITHOUT turning off spell check, the red squiggly underline, or the ability to right click and get a list of spelling suggestions."
Thanks for your willingness to help, anyway!I'm not sure, as I said my knowledge is very limited, but the red snake-like line is for words that are actually spelled correctly, but this is usually because they are not in the Word dictionary.
The dictionary forms the basis for correcting spelling with Word. If the spell check is activated in Word, all texts in the document are automatically compared with the words from the integrated dictionary.
For example, so that the program permanently recognizes important proper names as correctly spelled, right-click the highlighted error so that a drop-down menu opens. Here you can select the option "Add to dictionary".
In the future, Microsoft Word will automatically recognize in every new text document that you open that the word added to the dictionary is spelled correctly.
Ergo: If the spelling correction is activated in Word, the snake-like red line can also be seen. Switching off the red line, as far as I know, only by switching off the spelling correction.
Hope that this information has brought you a little further.
Thank you for your understanding and patience
Wish you a nice day.
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
- Hi NikolinoDE, thanks for this response. Again, I am not looking to add words to the dictionary or to change anything about the red squiggly underline. I am looking to disable the highlight and the left click spellcheck menu.
