# Spell Check Just Appeared **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632 "2015-11-26T14:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/1 "2015-11-26T14:38:42Z")
Spell check showed up on my computer, stayed for 2 days and left again. I really liked it as it worked in all my forums. I have no idea how I turned it on or if it was a function of AOL. Puzzled here. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/2 "2015-11-27T03:07:46Z")
Perhaps you can re-install it from your complimentary AOL CD-ROM. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/3 "2015-11-27T03:27:10Z")
In Firefox Tools or Preferences, there is an option to check spelling under Advanced/General. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/4 "2015-11-27T13:42:28Z")
Maybe it’s been on all along but you’ve never made a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/5 "2015-11-27T17:01:06Z")
Had you told us what kind of device, what OS, what browser or other apps suddenly had spell check under what ciswrcumstances, what else you changed in the same timeframe, etc., we could have maybe provided some real help. Absent all that I’m going to guess it was caused by the unusually high tides of the last couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/6 "2015-11-27T17:48:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Had you told us what kind of device, what OS, what browser or other apps suddenly had spell check under what **ciswrcumstances** , what else you changed in the same timeframe, etc., we could have maybe provided some real help. You you might want to first take the beam out of your own eye there… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/7 "2015-11-27T18:39:47Z")
Guilty as charged. :o > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > \*\*You you \*\*might want to first take the beam out of your own eye there… 😃 Bolding mine. 😃 Karma’s a cast iron Bitch isn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/8 "2015-11-27T22:40:27Z")
On the computer in question aol is my default browser as far as I know. I will be back over there tomorrow and try and check further. Not sure what browser internet explorer uses but I usually always log into aol before going online. If it come back up I will see if it works on internet explorer as well. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/9 "2015-11-27T23:11:19Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > On the computer in question aol is my default browser as far as I know. I will be back over there tomorrow and try and check further. \*\*Not sure what browser internet explorer uses \*\*but I usually always log into aol before going online. If it come back up I will see if it works on internet explorer as well. :checks to see if this is a zombie…: Internet Explorer IS a browser. So is FireFox. So is Chrome. Really, as LSLGuy mentioned. A big first step would be to let us know what operating system you are using. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/10 "2015-11-28T00:18:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Guilty as charged. :o > > Bolding mine. 😃 > > Karma’s a cast iron Bitch isn’t she? Yeah, silly git that she she is…:smack: 😛 [I did that last part on purpose…] ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/11 "2015-11-28T04:16:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > :checks to see if this is a zombie…: > > Internet Explorer IS a browser. So is FireFox. So is Chrome. Really, as LSLGuy mentioned. A big first step would be to let us know what operating system you are using. Sounds like it’s AOL. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/12 "2015-11-28T04:53:19Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > On the computer in question aol is my default browser as far as I know. I will be back over there tomorrow and try and check further. Not sure what browser internet explorer uses but I usually always log into aol before going online. If it come back up I will see if it works on internet explorer as well. Are you a time traveler from the 1900s? Yeah, it sucks about Kurt Cobain. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-just-appeared/738632/13 "2015-11-28T17:33:08Z")
Windows 7 is my operating system, I usually buy a new compueter about every 5 years and have never really had much need to learn anything about them. I go to a few web sites, do some browsing, word processing, photos and thats it.