Plus one on the awful spell checker. Can we not get a proper one?

Works here.

But I use a spell checker plugin in my browser because that works across all the sites I use.

Try <ctrl>- right click if you get stuck.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 02/02/2019 12:36:38

It really works, I used to use it before installing the British English Dictionary in Firefox (I think you have to search add-ons for dictionary, but it may load automatically these days).

The VAST majority of online editors don't offer a spell checker these days as browser based ones are so ubiquitous these days./ Plus it means you don't need a personal dictionary in your cookie for each site (deleting your cookie will destroy your dictionary unless it is huge and gets transferred to the server).

My advice is to think of it as a redundant throwback and set up your browser to spellcheck instead.

Neil

Neil Wyatt:

Thanks for your advice which I am trying to adopt. Meanwhile, the forum Spell Check as in Mark Rand's post has started working after a fashion.

One reason to be a little careful with word processing programs is that the post can end up much bigger than expected and/or contain format instructions (like tables) that the forum can't cope with. The forum is a delicate little flower – not unusual to see posts with content escaping out of the box into the adverts, or strange characters, or missing bits.

A way of unexpectedly increasing the size of a post with a Word Processor is to type in a font not already known to the forum. If a 'new' font is used, its definition is added silently to the plain text typed by the user. Not a problem unless the font definition, which has priority over anything the user types, causes the maximum post character count to be exceeded. There are other bloat possibilities – word processors are full of smart features, some going well beyond what a web-site editor might understand.

Rather than background editing for the forum with a word processor it's safer to use a Text Editor because they don't do any fancy formatting. What's pasted onto the forum from a text editor is automatically limited to bog-standard plain text, and very unlikely to cause a problem.

All the user has to do is install a text editor, switch on the spell-checker, and learn how to use it. Not everyone will wish to follow this advice! It's a right bother compared with having a built-in spell-checker that works. Nothing is ever easy…

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 03/02/2019 14:02:13

Hi, I just use the voice search on my Nook tablet or on my mobile, whenever I get a spelling wrong that I can't correct mentally, these both give a definition of the word, so you know if you have the correct spelling for the word you are wishing to put right.

Regards Nick.

Hi Mark,

I have no idea what you are suggesting?

Neil

Does not work on W10 with Chrome or Edge, it says the suggestions are loading but they never do. Though Edge Auto corrects some words.

Edited By JasonB on 04/02/2019 10:05:14

This is in Edge, I haven't installed a spell checker in it (I never use Edge):

Neil one thing I don't get is all the options in the drop down, the ones marked red are just pale grey on my screen, could it be drawing info from your other spell checker. It used to work on mine but can't remember when I last used it.

I don't use edge either.

No problem with mine, it's labeled "The Concise Oxford Dictionary", hard covered, real paper.

Ian S C