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spelling checker does not work after I upgarded to Firefox 4, I have been to prefrences and checked the box but still spelling checker is not working, please give me feed back or solution to this problem

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Hi, spelling checker does not work after I upgarded to Firefox 4, I have been to prefrences and checked the box but the spelling checker is still not working, please give me feed back or solution to this problem

Hi, spelling checker does not work after I upgarded to Firefox 4, I have been to prefrences and checked the box but the spelling checker is still not working, please give me feed back or solution to this problem

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I had a similar problem where the spell checker was underlining ever word (not just misspelled ones).

I made sure the right dictionaries were installed then restarted Firefox and the problem resolved itself.

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You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu.
You can open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.
Make sure that [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick.

You can enable or disable spell checking globally:

See also:

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i've installed the spanish dictionary on firefox 4 about 4 times and it still does not register on the browser. :(