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    Default Is there a way to get spell check in the edit window when using Firefox?

    I downloaded the Firefox Spell Check Add-on but it doesn't work in the edit window (but Safari does, and I guess a few others do).

    Is there a solution for this please?
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    The Australian Dictionary spull chex for me in Firefox.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ry/?src=search

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    Right click in the window and click spelling.

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    Bewdy, got it now. Thanks chaps. (got a nice little red underline on "bewdy" even though I added the Oz Dictionary ) The right click led me to Add Dictionaries...etc
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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Bewdy, got it now. Thanks chaps. (got a nice little red underline on "bewdy" even though I added the Oz Dictionary ) The right click led me to Add Dictionaries...etc
    I'd take any claims of it being an "Oz Dictionary" with a pinch of salt... some time back I DL'ed it and found that all of the corrections were for Americanised spellings. (eg. It wants to change that (<--) to AmericaniZed! )

    On grabbing the "US dictionary" and doing a bit-wise comparison, the ONLY difference I could find was an A added to the front of the name "US dictionary."
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    "About this Add-on
    Are you sick of all your favo-U-rite colo-U-rful language being marked as incorrect? Me too. Live no more in the world of crazy American spelling - get the Australian English Dictionary "

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    When I type colour I don't get a red underline, but when I type color I do.

    Realise? Realize? (red line)

    Zed? Zee? (red line)

    YES!!! Actually, that was the first test of USA v Oz.

    Now, lemme see.....ok, I can add "lemme" to the dictionary. That's good.

    What else? Ah yes, some colorful language.
    #word blue? That's ok.
    #word brown. Yep.
    Miserable #word. No, had to add that one.


    Well, that's it. I'm very satisfied - just have to educate it a little, like all my mobile phones have been.
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    Default Delete the rest and keep the best

    You originally had a US dictionary. You added an AUS one. They work in conjunction.

    Simply delete the US one, restart the browser.

    Presto. Colour.

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    I have both as I'm often dealing with yanks who can't spell propper or understand Oz spellin'.

    From time to time you need to check that FFox hasn't defaulted back to US dickshunerry, which it has a want to do every now and again.

    Cheers - Neil

    PS had 4 red lines under the above and fixed the mistakes really easily.Just added 'em to the dickshunerry, US of course, Aussies would never spell words as bad as that. Well except for on a Chewsdee or any other day endin wif ee, cos on them ee days spellin n grammah don't mater much at all.

    Owed two a spell chequer

    Eye halve a grate spelling chequer

    It came with my pea sea

    It plainly marques four my revue
    Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.


    Eye strike a key and type a word
    And weight four it two say

    Weather eye am wrong oar write
    It shows me strait a weigh.


    As soon as a mist ache is maid
    It nose bee fore two long

    And eye can put the error rite
    Its rare lea ever wrong.


    Eye have run this poem threw it

    I am shore your pleased two no

    Its letter perfect awl the weigh
    My chequer tolled me sew.

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