# TX Text Control

> 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.

- **Product:** TX Spell .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Spell .NET for WPF > Getting Started > TX Text Control
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/llms-full.txt

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TX Spell .NET was built to work with TX Text Control, and together they need no code for spell checking. Four tutorials take you from an empty project to a word processor that underlines misspelled words, corrects them from the context menu and walks through them in a dialog.

![A TextControl with red zigzag lines under misspelled words and the spell check context menu of the word "sampke".](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/textcontrol-context-menu.e3692bcd.webp)

### Choose a Project Type

| Project | Choose it when | Tutorial |
|---|---|---|
| .NET 8 or higher | You start a new application | [Create Your First WPF Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/first-application/llms-full.txt) |
| .NET Framework 4.8 | You add spell checking to an existing .NET Framework application | [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt) |

In a .NET project, the components come from NuGet packages, which also bring the licenses and the US English language data. In a .NET Framework project, the setups install the assemblies and the language data, you reference the assemblies of TX Spell .NET, and *licenses.licx* holds the license entry of the spell checker.

### Recommended Order

1. One of the two tutorials above: the editor, the `TXSpellChecker` resource in XAML, and the connection between them.
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): replace, ignore and add words with a right-click.
3. [Open the Spell Check Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dialog/llms-full.txt): correct the whole document in one pass, from the context menu or a button.

### Pages in This Section

- [Create Your First WPF Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/first-application/llms-full.txt): a .NET application with TX Text Control, a button bar, rulers, a status bar and TX Spell .NET.
- [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt): the same application for the .NET Framework, with the assemblies of the setups and a license entry.
- [Correct Words from the Context Menu](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/context-menu/llms-full.txt): the suggestions and commands of the spell check context menu.
- [Open the Spell Check Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dialog/llms-full.txt): the spelling dialog of TX Text Control and the customizable dialog of TX Spell .NET.

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## In This Section

- [Correct Words From the Context Menu](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/context-menu/llms-full.txt): Replace, ignore and add misspelled words from the spell check context menu of a WPF TextControl, and turn it off or replace it with SpellCheckContextMenu.
- [Open the Spell Check Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dialog/llms-full.txt): Open a spelling dialog for a WPF TextControl from the context menu or a XAML button with TextControl.SpellCheckDialog or the customizable SpellCheckDialog.Show.
- [Create a .NET Framework Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt): Add TX Spell .NET to a WPF App (.NET Framework): reference TXSpell.dll and TXSpell.WPF.dll, declare the spell checker in XAML and add the licenses.licx entry.
- [Create Your First WPF Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/first-application/llms-full.txt): Create a .NET WPF app with TextControl, button bar, rulers and status bar, declare a TXSpellChecker resource in XAML and underline misspelled words as you type.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Create Your First WPF Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/tx-text-control/first-application/llms-full.txt)