Apple’s secret spellchecker

LifeClever reader Frank points out an awesome Mac OS X feature I never knew existed: check spelling as you type. I dug up the official description from Apple’s site:

In many Mac OS X applications (such as Mail, iChat AV, and TextEdit), you can have the application automatically check your spelling as you type. When you mistype or misspell a word, it’s underlined in red so you can quickly spot errors and correct them.

To enable it:

1. Open an Apple app
   (so far, I know it works in Safari, Mail, iChat, TextEdit, Pages, iPhoto, and iWeb)
2. Control-Click or Right-Click in the area you’re typing in and select:
   Spelling > Check Spelling As You Type
3. Alternatively you can go to the menubar and select:
   Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling > As You Type
4. Or just use keyboard-shortcut, Command + Semicolon (Thanks, Adam)

Frank adds you can do this in almost every form field in Safari. Thanks Frank!

Bonus Tip: Control+click on a misspelled word and Mac OS X will show a list of correctly-spelled suggestions. Thanks to Mark at DDO.