Spell check?

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Gordon Booth

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Although I get a red underlined warning when I make a spelling mistake(often) I have to go on Word processor or somewhere to find the correct spelling.
Can it be done on Accyweb itself? I can't find it and I can't find a thread which tells me! Hope someone can point me in the right direction and if it's obvious please don't shout at me.
Thanks.
 
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Gordon Booth said:
Although I get a red underlined warning when I make a spelling mistake(often) I have to go on Word processor or somewhere to find the correct spelling.
Can it be done on Accyweb itself? I can't find it and I can't find a thread which tells me!
Thanks.
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I tend to right click the mouse while resting the cursor on the offending word & you get a drop down list of options Gordon (well it does for me) then you take your pick of a suitable word.
 
Well I'll be !!!! I suspected there might be an easy answer. The time I've spent opening up word processor !
Thanks DiG.
 
DaveinGermany said:
I tend to right click the mouse while resting the cursor on the offending word & you get a drop down list of options Gordon (well it does for me) then you take your pick of a suitable word.
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Same fer me, Happen it depends which spell checker yeh use? I use after the deadline.
 
Gordon Booth said:
What's the 'deadline' cashman?
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The spell checker is called "After The Deadline" Gordon, yeh type yer post n then do a spell check, it underlines what yeh need to check. right click on the line n it gives yeh alternatives, hope that explains? Before yeh post it right click n option fer spell check is on list.
 
I copied this several months ago but can't remember from where. It might have been from this site! Anyway, it highlights the pitfalls of relying on spell checkers.

SPELL CHECKERS

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin not sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight for 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
Eye am shore your pleased two no.
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
 
Gordon Booth said:
Although I get a red underlined warning when I make a spelling mistake(often) I have to go on Word processor or somewhere to find the correct spelling.
Can it be done on Accyweb itself? I can't find it and I can't find a thread which tells me! Hope someone can point me in the right direction and if it's obvious please don't shout at me.
Thanks.
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I use Google spell check, I down load the google toolbar which includes the spellcheck, all you do when you've finished your post is click on check then Auto Fix, it then fixes any mistakes highlighting in green if its not sure it turns red you can then click on the red word and it gives you alternatives, its the best I've come across, just a note it doesn't work if your using firefox mossala
 
jaysay said:
I use Google spell check, I down load the google toolbar which includes the spellcheck, all you do when you've finished your post is click on check then Auto Fix, it then fixes any mistakes highlighting in green if its not sure it turns red you can then click on the red word and it gives you alternatives, its the best I've come across, just a note it doesn't work if your using firefox mossala
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Well done John I have tried your spell check advise and it works for me.I thought you were just a pretty face,no doubt Cashman will have something to say about that.
 
jaysay said:
I use Google spell check, I down load the google toolbar which includes the spellcheck, all you do when you've finished your post is click on check then Auto Fix, it then fixes any mistakes highlighting in green if its not sure it turns red you can then click on the red word and it gives you alternatives, its the best I've come across, just a note it doesn't work if your using firefox mossala
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Well done John I have tried your spell check advise and it works for me.I thought you were just a pretty face,no doubt Cashman will have something to say about that.
 
I don't use a spell checker.
Sometimes I need to check whether I have spelt a word correctly.

I have google toolbar and so I copy and paste the word in the search box and this reveals a drop down list showing the correct spelling.
 
Thanks everyone. Much easier.
Question though- when you right click on the wrongly spelt word are you accessing Accywebs own spell check or are you tapping into Google or Firefox?
I'm using Google Chrome and can't find jaysays autofix- perhaps it's not on. Anyway it obviously doesn't always work- in fact it looks like it almost never works!
 
Dunno Gordon am completely thick wi these things, Know its google or firefox,Not accywebs own,My browser is Firefox which don't tell much.
 
Gordon Booth said:
Thanks everyone. Much easier.
Question though- when you right click on the wrongly spelt word are you accessing Accywebs own spell check or are you tapping into Google or Firefox?
I'm using Google Chrome and can't find jaysays autofix- perhaps it's not on. Anyway it obviously doesn't always work- in fact it looks like it almost never works!
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Gordon if you go to Google bar at the top of the screen, click the check button the wrong spelling should highlight then click the small arrow at the side of the check button it should correct it for you ,click check again and all should be ok then. Try that
 
Thanks, claytonx but Google Chrome doesn't have the Google toolbar(??) apparently.
There's a spanner symbol at the right hand side which opens up various things.
Like cashman I'm lost with all this technology but the 'right click' on the badly spelt word works very well(I've used it a few times already!).
 
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