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Spell Check does not work

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sargan
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Only recently made move from IE ... Running w& and Firefox 10.0.2

I have spell check enabled in Tolls>option>advanced Also if I go to tool menu bottom oprion is now shown as "Check Spellings"

However it does not work -example Thid speeling is nut corrcreted


If I 'right click' in this window it does show check spelling as "ticked", just does not work.

Not sure if relevant but spelling works fine in Thunderbird.

Only recently made move from IE ... Running w& and Firefox 10.0.2 I have spell check enabled in Tolls>option>advanced Also if I go to tool menu bottom oprion is now shown as "Check Spellings" However it does not work -example Thid speeling is nut corrcreted If I 'right click' in this window it does show check spelling as "ticked", just does not work. Not sure if relevant but spelling works fine in Thunderbird.

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You're welcome

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cor-el
cor-el
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Do you have a dictionary installed and selected?

  • You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu.
  • 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 is check-marked.

You can enable or disable spell checking globally:

  • Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"

You can look here for dictionaries:

See also:

sargan
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Seems odd that although spell check as I type was enabled and "check spellings" was 'ticked' and it showed correct language under preferences - I still had to install a dictionary ... Fixed now anyway ... Thnx

cor-el
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You're welcome