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Google Chrome is a web browser from the US company Google LLC. It has been the most widely used browser in the world since May 2012. Google publishes large parts of the Google Chrome source code in the Chromium open source project.

Cloud spell checking in Edge and Chrome

Privacy Compliance:
Turn off cloud provided spell checking

The browsers on the Chromium rendering have a basic, purely local spelling aid and extended spell checking with the help of online services. The texts entered in web apps are transferred to the cloud. This can be disabled interactively or using Group Policy.

More and more modern applications are web apps, including those that process sensitive data. In this case, companies usually do not want them to enter the cloud uncontrollably for spelling correction.

Google Chrome defaults to basic local spell checking, while Microsoft Edge defaults to Microsoft Editor. This not only initiates the spell checking in the cloud, but also a grammar check and suggests improvements.

Microsoft Edge Basic spell checking

The setting can be changed with: edge://settings/languages
Use writing assistance Set to Basic.

Microsoft Edge Settings Use writing assistance
Microsoft Edge: Settings Use writing assistance

Google Chrome Basic spell check

In Chrome, as expected, the corresponding option is under Settings – Languages chrome://settings/languages under Spell check there Select Basic spell check .

Google Chrome setting Language Basic spell check
Google Chrome: Settings Spell check Basic spell check

If you want to do without the use of spelling correction in the cloud, then in addition to activating the local mode, it should also be prevented that the users can not change this configuration again. Both browsers offer a setting for this in Group Policy.

For Microsoft Edge, under Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates, this is > Microsoft Edge and the spell checker provided by Microsoft Editor. Disabling them prevents writing assistance in the cloud.

Google Chrome disable the cloud provided spell check under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates policies > Google > Google Chrome and Spell Check Web Service set to disable.

Chrome Link Share via mailto

This post shows how to share link in google chrome vie email using mailto. The possibility to send a link of an opened website to someone via e-mail is searched in vain in Google Chrome. The menu bar in Google Chrome is not provided and can therefore not be customized, so the only remedy is to add an extension.

How to Sharing Website Link via e-mail with mailto in Google Chrome

All functions of the menu bar are located in the Google Chrome menu, which can be opened to the right of the address bar by pressing on the three dots, then go to More Tools => Extensions => Open Chrome Web Store (bottom left) to enter “safavi mailto” in the search field at the magnifying glass.

Chrome Link Share via mailto. Add extension mailto from Web Store
Figure: Google Chrome extension mailto

The Google Chrome extension can also be found via QR code.

QR Code Add Google Chrome mailto extension

Add the Google Chrome extension mailto, scan with QR code, or via the link here.

After the extension is added in Chrome, the mailto icon in the menu bar can be pinned. By clicking on the puzzle icon at the top right, the drop-down menu opens.

Google Chrome Extension pinning to menu bar

Click on the Pin here at mailto, so that the mailto symbol in the menu bar remains pinned.

Sahre Website Link Send via e-mail in Google Chrome

Now the context menu can be opened with the mouse over the opened website. With right-click select mailto to share the link Alternatively the mailto icon in the Chrome menu bar can be selected.

Conclusion

It is therefore also possible in google chrome to share an link of a website via an e-mail with mailto. This means that it is no longer necessary to insert the link into an e-mail using copy paste.