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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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183d07cf 8f4d-4e9a-ac95-9867174c314c on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:22

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

Just FYI, the red squiggle disappears if we move / click on a different page and come back. It also disappears if any filter is clicked on the same page

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a5698c6f 1b95-44aa-b4c3-3df99b031857 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:59

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

Even words that Microsoft Word finds are OK can be flagged as incorrect. It would be nice to be able to either ignore these words, add them to whatever dictionary Power BI is using, or disable spellchecking entirely.

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bbefdebb 9744-4d33-ad1e-2927c2e8775e on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:13

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

This is very annoying as company names show up with a "red" highlight that I cannot fix

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5b84e6fd 40df-4e80-be48-99cb1edd53ec on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:42

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

Why have it if you can't control it?

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6656c1cc 6034-4d08-b2e6-ddd95851797c on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:26

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

This is highly irritating.