(Archived) BUG: Spell checker won't turn off

[evermullah 8]

hi all,

i found this discussed/mentioned in some posts here, and it seems (afair), that the windows version let the user turn off the spell checker.

but, well, it seems, that the mac version, i use, won't let the user turn off the spell checker.

so, am i just blind and does not find the right switch, or how to turn of the spell checker feature in EN?

cheers,

using: Version 1.6.2 Beta 1 (70501) on MBP SnowLeopard, 10.6.2

[engberg 89]

Our note editor uses the WebKit engine from Safari, and the spell checking is provided by OS X. I don't believe there's currently a way to disable this on the Mac.

[geechorama 1]

This is a bug. The menu item to toggle spelling on and off is missing from the "Edit" menu. However, if you right click in the body of the note, the option appears under "Spelling And Grammer".

[Bocaboy 0]

I agree. This had me stumped until I came across your post. This option should be in Preferences to turn spelling and/or grammar on or off by default.

Thanks for the post!

[McConvert 0]

The 'check spelling while typing' option within spell checker (on Evernote for Mac) insists on coming back on no matter how often I turn it off. And this happens no matter whether I turn it off via the edit menu or from the right-click menu, and even though the option is off in the Mac OS (10.7.4) Systems Preferences. As a generally happy recent convert to Mac, the numb-skull checker is an unpleasant irritation.

[McConvert 0]

Sorry... Forgot to say "Thanks in advance" for any help with the spell checker.

[stevenp 0]

Same here. It is impossible to disable "Check spelling while typing" permanently in the application. (Still the case on Evernote 5.0.7.) This is obviously a bug. 

[Jackolicious 808]

Noted. Thanks!