How to apply spell check in textbox?

We can easily apply the Spelling function to spell check the text string from a cell, but this feature is not applied to the textbox for spelling check. In this article, I will talk about how to apply the spell check in a textbox.

Apply spell check in a textbox with VBA code

Apply spell check in a textbox with VBA code

To spell check the text string in a text box, the below VBA code may do you a favor:

1. First, please insert a textbox by clicking Developer > Insert > Text Box (ActiveX Control), and drag to draw a textbox, see screenshot:

2. Then, please exit the Design Mode to enter the text string into the textbox as you need, after typing the text, go on enabling the Design Mode, and right click the textbox to select View Code from the context menu, see screenshot:

3. In the opened Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please replace the original code with the following VBA code into the Module.

VBA code: Apply spell check in textbox:

Sub SpellChkRvw_Click()
    Dim xObject As Object
    Dim xCell As Range
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xCell = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, ActiveSheet.Columns.Count)
    If ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Count > 0 Then
        For Each xObject In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
            xCell = xObject.Object.Text
            xCell.CheckSpelling , , , 1033
            xObject.Object.Text = xCell
        Next
    End If
End Sub

4. And then press F5 key to run this code, the Spelling dialog box is enabled at once, then, you can use the Spelling function to spell check the text into textbox as following screenshot shown:

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