spell check is the most annoying thing ever!

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spell check is the most annoying thing ever!

I have seriously come close to hurling this phone at the wall...!
because of the autocorrect spell check BS feature...

when is apple going to give me the ability to turn it off?

I ABSOLUTELY HATE A DEVICE THAT TRIES TO THINK FOR ME
IF I SPEEL SOMETHING WORGN - THAT IS THE WAY I WANT IT!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 24, 2011 4:04 PM

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Answer 1

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Craig Brady

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Jan 24, 2011 6:59 PM in response to bfmasonsf

I love the all caps expression of hate for a device that actually does what you are asking. Epic fail to read the instructions on your part.

Go to General Settings then select Keyboard. There are separate settings for both Auto Correction and Spell Checking.

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roaminggnome

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106,401 points

Jan 24, 2011 4:06 PM in response to bfmasonsf

You can turn it off.

Perhaps you should review the manual.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf

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Answer 3

Jan 24, 2011 7:29 PM in response to Craig Brady

And THE most annoying thing EVER....

How dramatic. Some must live a very sheltered life, and I wonder how they will cope when a few real problems head their way. Probably will be one epic mental meltdown for them.

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KMac1

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Mar 9, 2011 11:48 AM in response to bfmasonsf

I'd like to see them improve the "suggestions" (just hire someone from blackberry for this, my (work) BB curve is light years better). iOS almost never gets it right.

I think that would make the fact that it is a 'click-to-deny' system so much more tolerable. I get so frustrated when it wants to correct a word I'm spelling the way I intended to, to some ridiculous word. Other times my word is only wrong by one letter and the correct word isn't even a suggestion.

Spellcheck/autocorrect and notifications are easily the worst two features of iOS.

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