I had an embarrassing situation happen today because I trusted TextEdit's "Check Spelling As You Type" command. I use TextEdit for preparing the content of my website and blog entries and I keep spell checking enabled so I can see my spelling or typographical errors as I write. But, to my great embarrassment, an entry on one of my blogs, Quality Mac Websites, had a spelling error (actually, a typographical error) that TextEdit didn't highlight. But a reader did notice it and so did the owners of the website that was reviewed. I double-checked my original TextEdit document and, sure enough, the word was spelled incorrectly, but there was no squiggly red line under it.

My tip for today is: Don't rely on TextEdit's automatic spell checking, especially for important documents. Avoid my embarrassment and use the TextEdit regular "Spelling" command after you complete your document or use a program with a more reliable automatic spell checker.

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