How can I disable the Spell Checking option in OWA 2003?

OWA 2003 comes with a built-in spell checker that can help you spell check your outgoing mail in various languages like: English,French,German,Italian,Korean,Spanish. Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2003 adds even more language support, including the long-awaited Hebrew spell checking.

1. Open Regedit and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Find or create a key called DisableSpellCheckOnSend with the type REG_DWORD.

a. If the value is set to 0x00000001 then users will not be able to select the option to automatically spell-check every e-mail that they send from OWA.

b. If the value is set to 0x00000000 then users will be able to select the option to automatically spell-check every e-mail that they send from OWA.

Note: As with many of the OWA registry parameters, setting this parameter takes immediate effect, no service restarts required.