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Old 01-08-2007, 07:22 AM   #1
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How do you spell check before posting ??Thanks !
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You copy to Word, spellcheck, and copy back here.
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Save a step by composing your message in WORD and then copy to here.

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Save a step by composing your message in WORD and then copy to here.

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Save even more steps by using Firefox instead of Explorer. Spell check is included in the browser software.

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http://www.iespell.com/
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Mac OS, built into the operating system.
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Save even more steps by using Firefox instead of Explorer. Spell check is included in the browser software.

REW beat me to it. I can't remember whether it is a feature of Firefox or a plug-in. Either way, it works fine. The potentially misspelled words have a red line under them. Right click and options to replace the word appear.
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Can this be trusted?
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My Google tool bar has a spell check feature, so I try to remember to run my posts thru it.
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REW beat me to it. I can't remember whether it is a feature of Firefox or a plug-in. Either way, it works fine. The potentially misspelled words have a red line under them. Right click and options to replace the word appear.
Firefox built spell check into the latest version. Prior to that you needed a plug-in.

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Can this be trusted?
I think so. I downloaded it sometime ago with no problems and it works well. Puts a spelling tool under "tools." My problem is that I never remember to use it.
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Thanks everyone ! I installed Firefox ! Hope I remember to use it !
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Google shoveled me some tools recently in a Google toolbar. Included is a nifty spell checker. Anyone notice that my notorious spelling has improved
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Wow Brat, I have the same thing and didn't notice it. Thanks.
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Using a browser-based spell checker or Word is the way to go. The site software supposedly allows a spell check feature, but there are several complications and--believe it or not--secuirty concerns to implementing it. The security concerns are due to bad coding and a glue library that hasn't been kept up to date.

Pasting from Word used to cause problems with quotes and long hyphens showing up as odd characters in the forum, but I did a check recently and those problems seem to be gone now.
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Wow Brat, I have the same thing and didn't notice it. Thanks.
Yeah, me too! It showed up on my home toolbar, but not work. Guess I haven't updated the work one.
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does the new forum software have a spell checker? If so how do you install it?
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does the new forum software have a spell checker?
Don't think so.

If you use Firefox instead of Internet Exploiter as your browser, you'll have a built-in spell checker.
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Don't think so.

If you use Firefox instead of Internet Exploiter as your browser, you'll have a built-in spell checker.

Netscape Navigator 9 also has a built-in spell checker.
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does the new forum software have a spell checker? If so how do you install it?
Sort of... if you are using Internet Explorer, you can down load a free program called iespell. It will mesh with our software and a little spell check icon will appear in your reply editor. It's a simple spell checker but highly useful.
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