# Getting Started > Start spell checking in WPF: tutorials for TX Text Control in XAML, for the WPF RichTextBox, and for checking text in a console app with the TXSpell class. - **Product:** TX Spell .NET for WPF - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Spell .NET for WPF > Getting Started - **607 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/llms-full.txt --- The fastest way to understand TX Spell .NET for WPF is to see it check a first document. The tutorials of Getting Started each end with a running application, and they differ in what the spell checker is connected to: the TX Text Control editor, the standard `RichTextBox`, or no control at all. ![The Spelling dialog of TX Spell .NET over a TextControl, with the misspelled word "sampke" in its sentence and a list of suggestions.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/textcontrol-spelling-dialog.0a7b34fc.webp) ### Choose a Starting Point | If your application uses | Start with | What you get | |---|---|---| | TX Text Control .NET for WPF | [TX Text Control](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/llms-full.txt) | Spell checking as you type, a context menu and a dialog, connected in XAML without code | | A `RichTextBox` | [RichTextBox](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/richtextbox/llms-full.txt) | Misspelled words colored while the user types, and the spell check dialog, with a few event handlers | | No control: a service, a batch job or a test | [Checking Text in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/in-code/llms-full.txt) | The incorrect words of a string and their suggestions, from the `TXSpell` class | All tutorials use C#, Visual Studio and .NET 8 or higher; [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt) covers the .NET Framework. ### Before You Begin The setup of TX Spell .NET for WPF 11.0 must be installed, the full or the trial version: it provides the NuGet packages in the package source **Text Control Offline Packages**. The TX Text Control tutorials also need the setup of TX Text Control .NET for WPF 34.0. [Installation Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/installation/llms-full.txt) describes both. The packages bring US English: its dictionary, hyphenation list, thesaurus and language recognition data. Every tutorial checks English text without further setup. [Dictionaries and Languages](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/dictionaries/llms-full.txt) adds other languages. ### Where to Start 1. [Create Your First WPF Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/first-application/llms-full.txt), if you use TX Text Control or are free to choose. 2. [Correct Words from the Context Menu](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/context-menu/llms-full.txt) and [Open the Spell Check Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dialog/llms-full.txt), to see what users do with it. 3. [Spell Checking](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/spell-checking/llms-full.txt), to go further. ### Pages in This Section - [TX Text Control](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/llms-full.txt): a word processor with spell checking, for .NET and the .NET Framework, with the context menu and the dialog. - [RichTextBox](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/richtextbox/llms-full.txt): spell checking for the `RichTextBox` of WPF. - [Checking Text in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/in-code/llms-full.txt): a console application that checks a string with `TXSpell`. --- ## In This Section - [Checking Text in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/in-code/llms-full.txt): Check text without a user interface in a .NET console app with TXSpell and the Core.SDK package: incorrect words, suggestions and the .NET Framework licx entry. - [RichTextBox](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/richtextbox/llms-full.txt): Spell check the WPF RichTextBox with a TXSpellChecker resource: map text positions to the FlowDocument, color misspelled words and correct them in a dialog. - [TX Text Control](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/llms-full.txt): Add spell checking to a WPF TextControl for .NET or .NET Framework with a TXSpellChecker resource, then correct words from the context menu and in a dialog. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Breaking Changes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/installation/upgrading/breaking-changes/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [TX Text Control](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/llms-full.txt)