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Cant spell check in Yahoo Mail

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There is no spell check (ABC) on my Mail page and spell check is activated in firefox.

There is no spell check (ABC) on my Mail page and spell check is activated in firefox.

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You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. At least one dictionary should be installed and have a check mark to indicate that it is selected.

  • Open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.

The spelling checker is enabled if [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a checkmark.

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:

Note that a website can disable the spelling checker via a spellcheck="false" attribute. An example is the Google Translate website.

You can check that via the right-click context menu in the Inspector (Inspect Element).

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Security Issue: Update your Adobe Reader Version 2015.016.20039 Note: Other Software is offered in the download.


Most message input boxes use their own spell checkers. Check on this.

Right click in the field. is Spell Checker shown as on?

Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful 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.

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You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. At least one dictionary should be installed and have a check mark to indicate that it is selected.

  • Open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.

The spelling checker is enabled if [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a checkmark.

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:

Note that a website can disable the spelling checker via a spellcheck="false" attribute. An example is the Google Translate website.

You can check that via the right-click context menu in the Inspector (Inspect Element).