WJT Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Does anyone know why I can't add my valued Ispell to the Mozilla Firefox browser? I have it under Tools in my tool bar when I use Explorer but can't seem to get it loaded on Mozilla. I didn't realise what a comfort blanket it has been for me until now.[:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I have not tried Ispell in Firefox.I have downloaded a couple of dictionaries (English-UK and French) from this page.When activated (right-click), they underline any dodgy spelling and offer corrections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I can't help with that but if you download the google tool bar it has a good spell check facility - would that work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 [quote user="WJT"] Does anyone know why I can't add my valued Ispell to the Mozilla Firefox browser? [/quote]An excellent spelling aid but designed to only work with Internet Explorer and no other browsers.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thank you for the replies. RH couldn't see how to download the Google one but did go to Clair's link. It isn't as good as Ispell but it does hight light any words that are misspelled.I only use Mozilla for Ebay, for some reason when I use Explorer it sometimes becomes very slow. So now when I ask a question I can see if I make any mistakes before sending. I noticed one later that I sent this morning and was embarrassed. [:$] Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thank you Russethouse. I just downloaded it but I can't see a spell check. I assume it is automatic like the Mozilla one I downloaded from Clair's link. RH, in fact I think you may have been the reason I learned about my beloved Ispell in the first place. I always fancied myself a good speller until I downloaded it. Just wish there was something I could download that could help improve my typing skills.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Look to the right of the toolbar for >> if you click there you will see the spell check and language options, plus find and auto fill. I used 'find' recently for my family history research, I just put in the name and it automatically highlighted that word on the page I was searching.....very useful.It was Baz who first told me about iespell so it's thanks to him really.Like you I wish I could type...some times I work up to two fingers [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thank you RH, but my Google toolbar is obviously different. When I hit the arrow sign it didn't give me any other options other than to sign in which I did. I did manage to add the spell check on the tool bar but it doesn't work. Now the misspelled words are no longer being highlighted. I will continue to try and see if I can figure out what the problem is.Edit: Forget the above, it works! Thank you RH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Try clicking on the plus sign and see if it is there (there are three pages of this) I just added eBay in that way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Is Ispell by any chance a typo for IESpell? I googled Ispell and it seems to be a somewhat techie piece of software, the description of which went over my head, but it seems to be someting that you build in to the system rather than just run as a simple add-on like the excellent IESpell.If you did mean IESpell, then the clue is probably in the name, IE=Internet Explorer, so it can't really be expected to work with other programs. Later versions of Firefox do seem to include a spell checker, see http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/using+the+spell+checker.If your version does not have a built-in spell checker, then this might help: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=216440&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Will, thank you for that information and yes I misspelled ieSpell! Very good example of why I need it. I now can spell check on Mozilla. Thank goodness.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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