# EnableSpellChecking Property

> Turns spell checking on or off; when enabled, the SpellCheckText event is raised whenever the document text changes so that misspelled words can be checked.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Property
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXTextControl > EnableSpellChecking Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/enablespellchecking-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/enablespellchecking-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/enablespellchecking-property/llms-full.txt

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Gets or sets a value indicating whether spell checking is active or not. If spell checking is enabled, the [SpellCheckText](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/spellchecktext-event/llms-full.txt) event is raised when the text of a document changes. The event handler can be used to check the text on misspelled words.

Introduced: 16.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
TXTextControl.EnableSpellChecking
```

### Data Types

Boolean.

### See Also

- [Programming Category: Spell Checking](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/spell-checking/llms-full.txt)

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