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I want to disengage the spell or word suggester whenever the curser hangs over a word

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When the curser is moved around the page and stops close to a word, a box appears with a multilanguage list of suggestions for that word. I want to disengage this facility

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== many moons ago

When the curser is moved around the page and stops close to a word, a box appears with a multilanguage list of suggestions for that word. I want to disengage this facility == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == many moons ago

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cor-el
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Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"

See also How do I use the Firefox spell checker?