I had the same issue with Win7 and chrome (also reported via Help Desk at the time)...

Aug 01, 2020,13:56 PM
 

with Win7 MS Explorer worked fine but slow performance overall... I understand that the new version of Edge is "based" on the Chrome engine so the problem is "expected"... Fortunately the spell checker identifies spelling errors, just doesn't suggest corrections, so my work around is to manually correct the spelling, or copy the misspelled word to the "title line" where suggestions are made, then copy the correction back to the text. The problem in only with the body of the long text editor, I believe it's an issue with the WPS editor. Casey

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Problems with Microsoft Edge Version 83.0.478.61

 
 By: cshimokita : July 10th, 2020-01:54
Edge on Win10 recently updated to the version mentioned above (Official build / 64-bit). After the update the spell checker is not functioning properly... Not surprisingly it's the same problem I had with Chrome Browser. When using the short (quick) edito... 

Never tried WPS on Edge but I just did now...

 
 By: India Whiskey Charlie : July 27th, 2020-16:58
I have version 84 (64-bit) and the spell checker works the way you describe it. However, I went back to Firefox and noticed it's the same there. So, does this mean it's a WPS software issue?

I had the same issue with Win7 and chrome (also reported via Help Desk at the time)...

 
 By: cshimokita : August 1st, 2020-13:56
with Win7 MS Explorer worked fine but slow performance overall... I understand that the new version of Edge is "based" on the Chrome engine so the problem is "expected"... Fortunately the spell checker identifies spelling errors, just doesn't suggest corr...