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spell check not working since recent upgrade by Mozilla on udated laptop despite adding dictionaries , deleting them and adding them again

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KJEV
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Since the most recent update on Mozilla the spell check for both English and Hungarian has quit working. It will underline improperly spelled words in red but clicking on the word yields no action. No options are shown -- nothing seems to make it budge. I have checked my Tools, Options, Languages on Mozilla and it has both English and Hungarian as the languages of choice and the auto correct is also checked. My language preferences are also installed. I have an HP laptop with 8.1 Windows. Thank you.

Since the most recent update on Mozilla the spell check for both English and Hungarian has quit working. It will underline improperly spelled words in red but clicking on the word yields no action. No options are shown -- nothing seems to make it budge. I have checked my Tools, Options, Languages on Mozilla and it has both English and Hungarian as the languages of choice and the auto correct is also checked. My language preferences are also installed. I have an HP laptop with 8.1 Windows. Thank you.

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FredMcD
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Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the I Accept the Risk button. At the top of the screen is a search bar.

Type: layout.spellcheckDefault Its values are; 0 Spell Checker Off 1 Check Only Multi-Line Input Boxes. 2 Check Multi And Single Line Input Boxes.

Also, check the spellchecker.dictionary entry.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker

You should also check out https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/grammarly-1/

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