Windows 10: Does the Windows 10 spell checker work for anyone?

Relatively new user of Windows 10 (about a month). Before that, I was exclusively mac.

I have all the settings turned on under the typing section of the settings app. However, there seems to be no checking of spelling at all. Is this just me, or is the spell checking really crappy?

:)

 

notepad windows 10

Win 10 people at MS could write a spell checker in a days work, can you send MS email asking them to write a spell checker for Notepad 10? If not why can't you? Greg 9 30 2015

 

IE 11 Spell Checker not working.

Hi All,

Spell Checker on IE is not working on multiple machines, the version of IE is 11.64.16299.0 (Update version 11.0.18 (KB4047206)

OS version Windows 10 1709 OS build 16299.64

Typing setting for Autocorrect misspelled words is ON and highlight misspelled words are ON.

There is no IE Addins for spell checker.

Spell Checker is working on Office products.

Please help!!!!

 

Working fine here, but only in modern apps (Mail etc.) and Edge.

In which app did you try?

 

Likewise. Significant desktop programs (Office, browsers, email clients..) usually have their own individual spell checkers.

 

I think Edge and Windows Mail app are using built in spell checker..

 

Maybe it's the English.. Likewise = similarly i.e. I agree..

 

@lightwriter check in Settings / Apps / Manage optional features, if you have English typing installed. Should be installed when you select language, but just in case...

@dalchina yes, I see now... somehow missed that desktop app in your post *Smile

 

That is probably the problem. I don't use any modern apps.

 

OK then, in which application do you miss spell checker?

 

I don't think that there's any system wide spell checker, it's left to applications/programs to use it. All browsers I have use spell checking for instance. Even if I turn "Highlight misspelled words" off, FF keeps on checking.

 

WIn32 desktop apps sometimes have spell checkers also

 

But they use their own spell checkers.
In future more of them will be able to use system spell checker, as MS made possible to unify them. Will have to try new Open writer...