Contractions?

[Bob38S]

Just out of curiosity, is it just my machine, my settings etc which causes the use of any "English" contraction to be underlined as a spelling error?

The underlines do not show up in the actual posting but do appear until the post is submitted.

Is there a way for the forum to "learn" that "can't = can not" , "don't = do not" etc

Regards,
Bob

[DavidG]

It your browser spell checker.
You may be able to click on the abbreviation and select save or add to dictionary or similar

[Bob38S]

Thanks David, I am using Firefox on a Mac and in the prefs I have the option to check spelling as I type but can't seem to find any way of customising a dictionary.

Regards,
Bob

[petersemple]

I'm not using Firefox a the moment, so I can't remember exactly thte steps, but I have added an Australian dictionary to it. You can also right click on a word that is underlined red, and you get standard spell check options - a list of potential words and options to ignore, add the word to the dictionary etc.

Peter