Hate to ask- spell checker?

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This is probably a really dumb question, and the answer, yes or no, is starring in my face as I type this, but is there a spell checker built into the board somewhere? Right now I type my reply here; copy it into my Lotus Notes to spell check it; and then copy it back into the window here. Aside from cutting the first step and composing a post in Lotus right off, is there better way to do this? An in-board way to spell check?

Thanks.

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Firefox has a built in spell-checker. But the SDMB doesn’t, as far as I know.

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[QUOTE=MsWhatsit]
Firefox has a built in spell-checker. But the SDMB doesn’t, as far as I know.
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The spell checker in Firefox is an add-on you have to download. I think it’s only available for Firefox version 2.0 and above.

You then get inline spellchecking like Word etc as you write your posts.

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[QUOTE=essell]
The spell checker in Firefox is an add-on you have to download. I think it’s only available for Firefox version 2.0 and above.

You then get inline spellchecking like Word etc as you write your posts.
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It’s not an add-on. It used to be, but is included starting with version 2. Cite.

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Shoot. I’m at work and can’t install Firefox with out administrator privileges. Sounds nice though.

Thanks for the help just the same.

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Can you install ieSpell for IE?

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I just let the errors fly.

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[QUOTE=tds1273]
Shoot. I’m at work and can’t install Firefox with out administrator privileges. Sounds nice though.

Thanks for the help just the same.
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If you get a Google home page you can get Whitesmoke which is a online spell and grammar checker.

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[QUOTE=ZipperJJ]
Can you install ieSpell for IE?
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I use ieSpell and it worls just finne.

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Does anyone know how to disable Firefox’s built-in spell checker?

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[QUOTE=Hypnagogic Jerk]
Does anyone know how to disable Firefox’s built-in spell checker?
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Can’t imagine why you’d want to, but…

Tools > Options > Advanced tab. Uncheck “Check my spelling as I type.”

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[QUOTE=tds1273]
Shoot. I’m at work and can’t install Firefox with out administrator privileges. Sounds nice though.

Thanks for the help just the same.
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Download Firefox Portable.

It doesn’t require actual installation; you just extract it to a folder on your desktop and run it from there. No administrator privileges required. You can also run it directly from a USB key, although it will be slower.

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Google Toolbar has a good spellchecker in it, and I have never had it cause any problems.

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
Can’t imagine why you’d want to, but…

Tools > Options > Advanced tab. Uncheck “Check my spelling as I type.”
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Thanks! The reason why I wanted to disable it is that the dictionary installed in my Firefox is in French, so almost every word was underlined when I was posting a reply on an English-language message board. I guess I could simply have downloaded the English dictionary, but I very rarely use spell checkers anyway.