Spell Check Question

[meds]

I am fairly new to the Mac world, but thus far have been pleased.

I'm using the native Mac Mail application, and I have a question regarding how the spell check feature works.

I currently have my preference set to have spelling checked when I send.

Mail not only spell-checks the text I've typed, but also the content of the forwarded text as well.

Is there any way to avoid this? I'm not keen on having to spell-check other people's mistakes

Thanks.

 

[GGJstudios]

The spell checker can't tell the difference between text you typed or text you quoted. If it's in the same document, spell checking will be applied to the whole document.

 

[spinnerlys]

 

[meds]

Thanks for the quick feedback. A real bummer - you would think the app wouldn't be designed to facilitate editing someone else's information.

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks for the quick feedback. A real bummer - you would think the app wouldn't be designed to facilitate editing someone else's information.

How exactly could that happen? As I said, there's no difference between the Mail app quoting an email that you're replying to and you typing "something that someone else said" in a new email. Software isn't designed to read your mind... yet. As spinnerlys suggested, just ignore the spelling suggestions that relate to the quoted email.

 

[meds]

Relax.

Outlook and Entourage both ignore any quoted text below a new message. Really not that complex an issue. Apparently Mac Mail doesn't work the same way.