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[Atwater Vitki]

A few days ago I wasn't paying attention and clicked "something" at the top of the reply box....I quickly noticed by spell check feature was now "off". I've looked at a lot of things including the ofrmat toggle, but don't see anything specific to spell check.

How do I get my little squiggly red underlines back???

thanks,
Al

[mdtaylor]

OS? Browser?

[Atwater Vitki]

Nope, just here in forum topic reply box...I have it everywhere else. what I clicked...just wasn't paying attn but I was replying to "Ten years later" and poof...gone.

Figures it would be a "political" topic..

Thnx

[Bro. Hex]

Atwater Vitki, on 10 January 2012 - 05:54 PM, said:

Nope, just here in forum topic reply box...I have it everywhere else. what I clicked...just wasn't paying attn but I was replying to "Ten years later" and poof...gone.

Figures it would be a "political" topic..

Thnx

I don't think Mark was "offering suggestions"...

I think he was asking for information.

Edited by Hexalpa, 10 January 2012 - 06:08 PM.

[Songster]

Where's the spell check on the forum reply box? I've been having to type my response and then copy/paste it in my word processing program to check my spelling. (I have a fairly large vocabulary, but can't seem to spell words with more than 4 letters. When I checked this post, I had 2 errors, one typo and one mis-spelling..)

[grateful]

Songster, on 10 January 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

Where's the spell check on the forum reply box? I've been having to type my response and then copy/paste it in my word processing program to check my spelling. (I have a fairly large vocabulary, but can't seem to spell words with more than 4 letters. When I checked this post, I had 2 errors, one typo and one mis-spelling..)

most of my posts are "edited" for the same reason

[To`na Wanagi]

Songster, on 10 January 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

(I have a fairly large vocabulary, but can't seem to spell words with more than 4 letters.)

Hey Songster, is this indicative of a deeper problem?...

[Bro. Hex]

Sometimes I am inclined toward dyslexia.

I read Lost Spell Check as:

Lost Check Spell

...and I thought, boy, wouldn't that be a really impishly fun spell to cast against someone...
Make it so they keep losing checks. They wouldn't be able to keep up with their bills, or cash their pay checks.

Get the "Lost Check" Spell,
Now available at a Wicca Supply House Near You !!!

[Dorian Gray]

Back on topic, Mark is right, what OS/Browser are you using? Spell check isnt a feature of this forum software.

Several browsers have embedded spellcheck that can be enabled/disabled.

[Fawzo]

Yea Firefox and Google Chrome have the spell check feature and IE doesn't. Al if you're using IESPELL in IE I turned mine off one time like that but could still get it to work through the tools option atop the browser.

[Atwater Vitki]

hmmm...I use FireFox...(that's "ForeFix" for you Hex ) and have checked "Tools" and spell check is checked, even unchecked and recjecked...what I said above is what happened, typing away in reply box to "Ten years later", clicked something without really seeing what I did (totally not paying attention) and the little red squiggly lines under one word disappeared...oh well...I don't know, but sure was a BIG help. I hate to make typos as it sure takes away from the content... tut bhen cit ould be must je!

Thanks, hopefully some one will find the mysterious problem...actually, I think I'll do a restore to the day before that happened, maybe something in a Mozilla update just happened to coincide with the timing of posting.

Blessings Be,

[Atwater Vitki]

Okay I've "Restored" to before the problem, uninstalled and reinstalled Firefow, shut down and rebooted etc sof forth and on and on....

STILL no squiggly lines!! (Spell check) I'm at a complete loss

Thanks for the try,

[mdtaylor]

Start a reply to someone. After a few words hover your mouse over any word. Right click. Hover over Languages. If English is NOT there, click Add Dictionaries.

[Atwater Vitki]

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Start a reply to someone. After a few words hover your mouse over any word. Right click. Hover over Languages. If English is NOT there, click Add Dictionaries.

Forgot to mention that above, I did add 2 other dictionaries and rebooted nothing happens when I hover and rt or left click

Edited by Atwater Vitki, 11 January 2012 - 04:59 PM.

[Atwater Vitki]

mdtaylor, on 11 January 2012 - 04:57 PM, said:

Start a reply to someone. After a few words hover your mouse over any word. Right click. Hover over Languages. If English is NOT there, click Add Dictionaries.

Ahhh hah!! It baaaaack! Somehow English got unclicked, prolly during system restore... THANK YOU MD!!! tytytytyty oh mighty one of the cosmic mouse!!!

Blessings of Peace,

♫♪♫ I got smell chick back♪♫♫♪I got smell chick baaack♪♫

Edited by Atwater Vitki, 11 January 2012 - 05:06 PM.

[Atwater Vitki]

Just to put this in a form more folks can understand...

1^st make sure you are in a “reply box” to a post. Right click, (the right hand side button of course! ) after hovering your mouse over (try the middle of the word if nothing happens) any word and a small dialog box should appear that looks something like.....

Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
–
Select All
–
√Check Spelling
Languages ► English/United States
....................................Add Dictionaries...

If the “Check Spelling” is grayed out, or invisible, you'll need to go one down, to “Languages” move cursor to the ► and then to “Add Dictionaries”...it should give you another dialog box to select and add a dictionary. If it is not grayed out, make sure "English/US" has a small dot or check mark next to it on LEFT side of words.

Then, go back to “Check Spelling” and make sure you get the √ next to it. You should then have squiggly red lines under misspelled words in your reply box. A BIG help to all of us good and bad speil-lers!

All credit goes to mdtaylor for making me aware of this little tool, I was completely lost until his expertise came to my aid. Again, thanks MD!!

Blessings of Peace,

Edited by Atwater Vitki, 12 January 2012 - 04:05 PM.

[Rev. Troy Natereli]

Theres a spell check? I dont see it.... I found this lil tool kinda neet. But no spell check.

[Atwater Vitki]

Rev. Troy Natereli, on 21 January 2012 - 07:18 AM, said:

Theres a spell check? I dont see it.... I found this lil tool kinda neet. But no spell check.

hmmm....maybe this'll help.

http://ulc.net/forum...post__p__705519

You should have it if ya follow the bouncing ball! Check your firewall, cookies and permissions if not. Once I did what md said to do...came back and works just fine for me!

Blessings.
Al

[Rev. Troy Natereli]

Thank you sir, once again you come to the rescue.

[Stormson]

Dorian Gray, on 11 January 2012 - 02:57 PM, said:

Back on topic, Mark is right, what OS/Browser are you using? Spell check isnt a feature of this forum software.

Several browsers have embedded spellcheck that can be enabled/disabled.

Windows Vista (Double puke! But it isnt my puter LOL) and firefox 9.0.1... Works fine on every other site, but non-existent here...

EDIT: Sorry.. Hadnt read all the way down! Thanks Mark, it worked like a charm!!!! Thing is I have only had to do that here and it works automagicly everywhere else????

Edited by Stormson, 16 February 2012 - 03:34 PM.

[Pastor Dave]

I had it happen to me a day or two ago. After I had broken up a long quote to make replies it seemed each time I moved from one quoted section to the next I lost spellcheck. I had to uncheck "Check Spelling" and then recheck it to turn it back on after each move. I didn't realize how much I use it till then.

[ObedEdom]

Atwater Vitki, on 12 January 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

Just to put this in a form more folks can understand...

1^st make sure you are in a “reply box” to a post. Right click, (the right hand side button of course! ) after hovering your mouse over (try the middle of the word if nothing happens) any word and a small dialog box should appear that looks something like.....

Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
–
Select All
–
√Check Spelling
Languages ► English/United States
....................................Add Dictionaries...

If the “Check Spelling” is grayed out, or invisible, you'll need to go one down, to “Languages” move cursor to the ► and then to “Add Dictionaries”...it should give you another dialog box to select and add a dictionary. If it is not grayed out, make sure "English/US" has a small dot or check mark next to it on LEFT side of words.

Then, go back to “Check Spelling” and make sure you get the √ next to it. You should then have squiggly red lines under misspelled words in your reply box. A BIG help to all of us good and bad speil-lers!

All credit goes to mdtaylor for making me aware of this little tool, I was completely lost until his expertise came to my aid. Again, thanks MD!!

Blessings of Peace,

anknee wurd any word

It worked! You guys are awesome. I'd get you something but what does one get for the man who has everything?