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Spellcheck is automatically turned on for text boxes, but can't be dismissed

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David on 13 Jul 2016 06:02:56

When adding a text box to a report, spellcheck automatically analyzes the contents and highlights words not in it's dictionary with the familiar red squiggle. There is no way to dismiss this squiggle, meaning that the highlighting is always present. There is no way to disable spellcheck via options either.

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Joni Turunen on 09 Feb 2023 08:13:53

RE: Spellcheck is automatically turned on for text boxes, but can't be dismissed

Using english language settings on the OS (Win11) while writing text in finnish I wish not to have spell check....

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Geoff Fane on 18 Jan 2023 21:36:49

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It's an absolute joke, as is forced American English, which I'm sick to death of requesting with all Microsoft products. Honestly if an AI can write you a paper in the style of the King James Bible it really shouldn't be that hard to develop a sensible spell checker with a dictionary...at least give us a disable on/off button Microsoft!

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A E on 28 Feb 2022 17:21:24

RE: Spellcheck is automatically turned on for text boxes, but can't be dismissed

Still an issue in 2022.

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William Vinyard on 16 Jul 2021 19:27:09

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Most folks building dashboards are going to use acronyms, etc., that won't match any dictionary. Should be able to either add "words" to dictionary, or dismiss the spellchecker.

I realize that the red underscoring disappears when the dashboard is being used. . . but that doesn't mean I want or need the software to do my thinking for me or decide for me what is / is not spelled correctly.

feature should toggle on/off at user's discretion . . . and allow user to add "words" to the dictionary

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Antoine de La Presle on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:41

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Irritating indeed, but there's a workaround : "Just go to another page and back anytime the line occurs." Found here https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Unnecessary-Autocorrection/td-p/57697

Just tried and it works

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:34

RE: Spellcheck is automatically turned on for text boxes, but can't be dismissed

I still have the same problem

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Daniel Dorfman on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:25

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any updates on this 3 year old idea? with the amount of customization, company specific terminology, and acronyms used in BI this seems just silly.

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Mike on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:42

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I dont need spellchecking personally, please add option to disable. This is very annoying especially if your language is not English.

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Vish on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:57

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This enhancement is still pending spell check is still not available.

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Will Butcher on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:21

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Can't believe this has been outstanding sing Jul last year!