# Check box for Do not apply visual spell-checking

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539 "2024-12-10T00:27:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmpine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/elmpine/32/3114_2.png) [@elmpine](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/elmpine)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539/1 "2024-12-10T00:27:11Z")

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This has been bugging me for some time:  
The Filemaker documentation describes on and off - however the checkbox has 3 options: blank, checked, and line.  
What is the line option for? (I can only think of Schrodinger's dictionary)

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**Author:** ![bdbd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bdbd/32/620_2.png) [@bdbd](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/bdbd)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539/2 "2024-12-10T01:33:52Z")

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Line means you have multiple layout objects selected and the objects are set to a mix of on and off.

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**Author:** ![elmpine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/elmpine/32/3114_2.png) [@elmpine](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/elmpine)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539/3 "2024-12-10T02:01:12Z")

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Just checked - definitely only one item selected.

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**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539/4 "2024-12-10T05:21:05Z")

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That single object may be a group of objects.

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**Author:** ![elmpine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/elmpine/32/3114_2.png) [@elmpine](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/elmpine)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/check-box-for-do-not-apply-visual-spell-checking/4539/5 "2024-12-10T06:34:58Z")

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Multiple selection is possible, and the line would be appropriate.  
But it appears even on only one field (see image):

 ![Screenshot 2024-12-10 at 4.28.54 pm](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/a/a5d7e1ebcfddb848a6182298264cb0b3af947861.png)

It's something that I have seen for sometime (years) but never understood.