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How can I enable spell checking when I edit a web page in a wiki engine (this worked in the last version of Firefox)?

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When editing a page in a wiki engine (we use this for our online documetnation) spell checker no longer automatically checks my spelling. This used to work in the previous version of Firefox. How can I get this feature ot work again?

When editing a page in a wiki engine (we use this for our online documetnation) spell checker no longer automatically checks my spelling. This used to work in the previous version of Firefox. How can I get this feature ot work again?

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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:

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Zaɓi Mafita

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:

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ok - it works now. Except that I was using the Australian dictionary - and that is no longer available. Which is probably why it stopped working.

Thanks

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You're welcome

You will have to override the compatibility check if you want to use the Australian dictionary in Firefox 5.

Add-on Compatibility Reporter: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/15003/