Typos underlined in dotted red, can I turn it off?

[Junkenpo]

Hi mods! I notice that when i type up my posts, if I misspell or abbrv something, a line of little red dots appears under the word to kindly let me know that i messed up.

ummm..... anyway I can turn that off? I usually am aware of the mistakes in spelling and grammar i make, but i'm making a conscious choice to let them stand as I like to be as informal here as i have to be formal at work...

thank you!

 

[peace43]

Are you on an Apple computer? I noticed the red dots also when I spell something unusual but it's not just on tPF - I saw it on my e-mail website as well, so I think it has to do with a recent operating system update that Apple sent out recently. Anyone else notice this?

 

[Megs]

That is a setting on your computer, not on the forum

I will send Vlad in to let you know how to get rid of it!

 

[Vlad]

If you use Firefox, you go to the Preferences, then Advanced, then turn off the Check my spelling as I type option.

 

[peace43]

What if you are using Safari?

 

[Vlad]

ctrl-click on the red-underlined word, go to Spelling and Grammar and deselect Check spelling while typing

 

[Swanky]

hmmm, I'm on IE and I thought it was advertising relevant. I notice it underlines eLuxury, NM & Neiman Marcus.

 

[Swanky]

ooooooh! see!? It underlined all the words I just said it would!
I figured since they advertise here it was part of the dealy-o.

 

[Megs]

She is referring to a typo error- it will show in red

 

[Megs]

ooooooh! see!? It underlined all the words I just said it would!
I figured since they advertise here it was part of the dealy-o.

That is!!

 

[Junkenpo]

Are you on an Apple computer? I noticed the red dots also when I spell something unusual but it's not just on tPF - I saw it on my e-mail website as well, so I think it has to do with a recent operating system update that Apple sent out recently. Anyone else notice this?

How funny! (funny-strange, not funny ha-ha...lol)

I am on a mb pro using safari and a clearwire connection, but none of the other forums i visit do the li'l underline thing, not even in my hotmail account....

I shall search some more... mahalo for letting me know it's me and not you! :shame:

 

[amanda]

i'm on a macbook pro using both firefox and safari, and it does it for me on both browsers on every website that i type in. i don't have hotmail, though, so that might be different. it does it on my yahoo mail.

 

[Wentworth-Roth]

It's true, ever since the last OS update 10.4.11 the same happens to me as well. So it has nothing to do with tPF; however, I don't know how to turn it off, not that I want to.

 

[RoseMary]

for me, it's only on firefox not on IE.

thanks, vlad!

 

[annanas]

it started on mine when i upgraded to leopard. i like it, sometimes i don't catch my own typos and i hate finding them when it's too late to edit ush: