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Firefox 3.6.13 Doesn't Show The British English Dictionary As an option to change the Spell checker language, How do I rectify this?

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I recently Added the British English Dictionary (Version 1.19.1) to Firefox and after restarting Firefox When I Go to change the Language to the British English Dictionary It Doesn't Show up as an Option. What Should I do?

I recently Added the British English Dictionary (Version 1.19.1) to Firefox and after restarting Firefox When I Go to change the Language to the British English Dictionary It Doesn't Show up as an Option. What Should I do?

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I assume that you are referring to the Language menu if you right-click in a text area?

Do you see the British English Dictionary in Tools > Add-ons > Extensions?

Try to click the "Find Updates" button (in Firefox 4: right-click the extension -> "Find Updates") to do a compatibility check.


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"Do you see the British English Dictionary in Tools > Add-ons > Extensions?"

Yes Its Present in the Extensions section

"Try to click the "Find Updates" button (in Firefox 4: right-click the extension -> "Find Updates") to do a compatibility check. "

No Updates were found

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It is possible that you have other extensions that are interfering. You can try to disable all of them except the British English Dictionary.

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

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The Only other Extensions are Java Console, Java Quick starter and Adobe DML Disabling them Had no effect