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Ever since I started using Vista, when I use TextPad or Notepad my PC automatically "corrects" my spelling and changes words I don't want to "corrected". How do I turn this off? (I'm NOT talking about Microsoft Word.)
WordPad and Notepad
Hmmn, this is a mystery indeed because Windows Vista's WordPad and NotePad do not come with built-in spell checkers or auto correct tools. I also run Vista, so naturally, the first thing I did was launch both WordPad and NotePad to be sure. These two programs are about as basic as you can get. When I saw that "TextPad" in your question, I became curious. I hadn't heard of it before, so I headed over to Bing and searched for it. Sure enough, there is a program called TextPad.
TextPad
TextPad is a third party program designed as a replacement text editor for users who want more features than the bare bones offered in NotePad. This program does have a spell checker - with auto correct options - so I'm wondering if TextPad is the main culprit. Assuming that you have from Helios Software (TextPad.com), you can change your autocorrect options in the Preferences section. Go to the Configure > Preferences and find the spelling section. From there, remove the checkmark next to AutoCorrect. Save your changes.
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If you are using TextPad, the TextPad.com Web site has a users forum where you can interact with other users and get additional advice. I am going to post a link asking the community for additional help in this thread. Hopefully a TextPad user can shed more light on this strange behavior. In addition, I found a TextPad reference card online that may have some useful tips.
Third Party Spell Checkers
As far as NotePad is concerned, I don't think that TextPad would change its behavior or features. Because NotePad lacks a spell checker, a market for third party spell checkers that integrate with the software emerged. Is it possible that your computer has a third party spell checker installed? For example, TinySpell is a third party program that spell checks the text found in any window including NotePad, WordPad, or any other program that you may be using. While this particular program doesn't have auto correct features, it is likely that similar programs exist that do. If you recall having installed such a tool, see if you can disable or uninstall it.
Is there any rhyme or reason to the changes as far as you can tell? For example, does the software change your US spelling to UK spelling or anything obvious like that? I don't think that the computer's language settings would affect NotePad, but that's an area to explore if it looked like it was related to a specific language.
Hopefully this is a simple matter of changing your preferences in TextPad.
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Celeste Stewart | July 17th, 2009
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Thanks. Your tips may help someone else but unfortunately they didn't solve my problem. In TextPad, I have auto-correct UNchecked, but my PC is somehow auto-correcting in Notepad and TextPad! I assume I must somehow have installed a third party spellchecker, but I don't remember doing so and don't know how to find it. If so, it's a crazy, dumb spellchecker. It changes the word "experience" to "experiencee" with two "e's" at the end.
Take a look in Control Panel > Programs and Features. Any applications there that look like they might be spell checkers?