[Suzanne]

Just noticed this morning that when I make a spelling error, the word gets a special underline! Doesn't show once the post is up (for everyone else to see who's a bad speller) but it lets me know, in case I want to fix it. You can be sure I do; see my sig line.

And I discovered that if I put my cursor on the word and right-click, I get a menu of possible alternative spellings, and the chance to add the word to my dictionary -- or is it to the ChefTalk dictionary? Quick, somebody type ChefTalk and see if it gets underlined!

But I keep wondering: since spelling is not exactly the strong suit of so many people here, will they get blinded by all those little red dots?


In any case, a very cool feature! Thanks, Nicko.

[Mezzaluna]

I'm not seeing that, Suzanne. Do you have to enable it in some way, or view during "Preview Post"?

I'm a stickler as well after 30 years of grading students' papers and growing up with a mom who was an English teacher. She still corrects my grammar.

[tsblo]

Actually it sounds as if your using the new Firefox browser with the built in spell check.

[Mezzaluna]

Nope- still using MSExplorer.

[KYHeirloomer]

Jest a tist ta see if thait happens wen Ah posts.

Nutin laik thet is happnin ta my posts.

[Mezzaluna]

Hmmm.... maybe you need an official Stickler Certification to get functional spell-checking.

[Blade55440]

Originally Posted by Mezzaluna

Nope- still using MSExplorer.

is it the most recent edition? Cause they've been trying to rip-off firefox, so they probably added in an integrated spell-checker as one of their latest attempts.

[sweet pea]

I discovered that little quirk quite by accident a few years ago. I used to go through the whole process of using the spell checker, but it is soooo much easier to do the right click thing. I truly didn't know it was there, and I too am using the old programs.