How to Turn On or Off Spelling Autocorrect and Highlight Misspelled Words in Windows 10
Windows 10 includes a spell checking feature for when you type words anywhere in Windows 10.
When autocorrect misspelled words is turned on, it will autocorrect your typed words on the fly if matched with the correct spelling of the word in the dictionary.
When highlight misspelled words is turned on, your typed misspelled words that are not found in the dictionary will be highlighted with a red squiggly line under it. You can then right click on this highlighted misspelled word for more options.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off spelling autocorrect misspelled words and highlight misspelled words for your user account in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: To Turn On or Off Spelling Autocorrect and Highlight Misspelled Words in Settings
- Option Two: To Turn On or Off Spelling Autocorrect Misspelled Words using a REG file
- Option Three: To Turn On or Off Spelling Highlight Misspelled Words using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Highlight misspelled words
OPTION ONE
To Turn On or Off Spelling Autocorrect and Highlight Misspelled Words in Settings
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.
2 Click/tap on Typing on the left side, and turn on (default) or off Autocorrect misspelled words for what you want. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn on (default) or off Highlight misspelled words for what you want. (see screenshot below)
OPTION TWO
To Turn On or Off Spelling Autocorrect Misspelled Words using a REG file
The downloadable .reg files below add and make changes to DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7
EnableAutocorrection DWORD
0 = off
1 = on
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2. To Turn On Spelling Autocorrect Misspelled Words
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_On_Autocorrect_Misspelled_Words.reg
Download
3. To Turn Off Spelling Autocorrect Misspelled Words
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_Off_Autocorrect_Misspelled_Words.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
OPTION THREE
To Turn On or Off Spelling Highlight Misspelled Words using a REG file
The downloadable .reg files below add and make changes to DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7
EnableSpellchecking DWORD
0 = off
1 = on
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2. To Turn On Spelling Highlight Misspelled Words
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_On_Highlight_Misspelled_Words.reg
Download
3. To Turn Off Spelling Highlight Misspelled Words
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_Off_Highlight_Misspelled_Words.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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