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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

ihave firefox 3.6.8 spell check used to work on hotmail but I had to uninstall firefox and reload it now spell check does not work on hotmail . I have installed the dictionaryadd on

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nosypen
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I can't gte spell check to work it just says

Most browsers check for spelling mistakes automatically. Look for the words that are flagged by red lines and right-click them to see suggestions. Note that with some browsers, you may need to download a dictionary.

I have done this

I can't gte spell check to work it just says Most browsers check for spelling mistakes automatically. Look for the words that are flagged by red lines and right-click them to see suggestions. Note that with some browsers, you may need to download a dictionary. I have done this

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I have now solved this problem. I un- installed firefox 3.6.8 and installed firefox 2010. This solved the problem for me.

cor-el
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Not all locales come with a dictionary installed for licensing reasons.
If you do not have the en-US locale then check that you have a dictionary installed (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and selected.

You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu.
Also make sure that [[X]"Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick.
You can also try to toggle the "Check Spelling" item off and on again.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking and How do I use the Firefox spell checker?
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries