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Greetings
Right now I write everything in wordperfect and cut and paste because I am capable of totally messing up four letter words, and every once in a while a thought really requires a longer word to express it properly.
So, never had the need until the day before yesterday, and now I'm wondering if a TSR or plugin exists.
Any help out there?
Simon
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For Internet Explorer:
http://www.iespell.com/
For Firefox:
http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/
Haven't tested either of them myself. Otherwise, try searching Google for "spell checker plugin" or a similar search term.
I guess it might be possible to install a built-in spell checker on the forum -- but only Timmy and Megaman would know that. I guess it would probably take a lot of work, otherwise they'd have done it already.
David
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Sorry
It only works with foxfire 1.0 and 1.5 is what I'm running. Nothing on the Foxfire site for spell checkers, and google didn't provide anything either.
Darn!
Thanks for trying Deeej
Simon
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How about the Google toolbar? It has a spell checker. First result for "firefox 1.5 spell checker".
http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/
David
P.S. It's Firefox, not Foxfire.
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Proof again of why I'm so interested!
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Looks like Google Toolbar works fine, but when you're opening a "reply" page, you need to right click and "Open page in new tab" or "Open page in new window" so that you can still see the toolbar to use the spell checking feature.
David
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We looked at spill chuckers, but decided that "enough was enough" when we selected the software and built it here.
The "post" window is designed with no menus, no toolbars, so addins are not really usable.
Besides, you would all miss my typos
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Well, my first reply didn't post!
And it was long and insitefull and perhaps the best I've ever written
Wouldn't ya know!
Simon
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Greetings
Twice now since installing the google toolbar I've hit submit and ended up with a white screen
and a Done in the bottom left but no confirmation that the msg posted, and both times it hadn't. That never happened prior to the install
We'll see
Simon
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Bee it none too won and awl: eye do knot a prove of spell chequers.
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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Mm, the best solution is to know the write word and the corect spelling. Then you don't need to rely upon unreliable technology.
Grammar checkers are a hundred times worse, however. Grammar is far more flexible than they would have you believe; and often they would have you believe wrong. A marvellous book is Lynne Truss's (yes, that's right: an extra 's' after the apostophe) book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves". She is as pedantic as I am.
Deeej
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Oh, the irony: there was a typo in "apostrophe" -- a missing 'r'. And I proofread the sentence several times!
Silly me.
David
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Ihave a firm belief. I type real fast and so I make a lot of errors and type Os. I usually go back and re read my posting, but sometimes I dont. If you cant figure out the word or what Im saying. DONT READ MY POST!!!;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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DO NOT READ THIS MESSAGE!
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OK, I won't, as long as you promise not to touch your...
SR
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I have used a spell checker in conjunction with my computer since the day I first got one.
It is an invaluable and most reliable tool for correct spelling as well as usage. I have a limited version on my desktop and the full version in storage if I should need a more indepth referance point.
It is called "The Websters Dictionary"
I also updated with a "Roget's Thesaurus"
What a world we live in....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Marc
Tell me again how those things work - when you can't spell the bloody word in the first place. I regularly butcher 4 letter words and can't correct them when I know they're worng.
S
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...you really should try the Oxford Shorter English Dictionary. Webster's, while pretty comprehensive, is full of misspellings. 
David
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Greetings
Lets see if I recall Webster's was published in 1806, and OED was in 1884.
In all conventions it first published has the greater prestige? Please issue a public apology for misstatements!
Simon
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I said,
>you really should try the Oxford Shorter English Dictionary. Webster's, while pretty comprehensive, is full of misspellings.
You said,
>Lets see if I recall Webster's was published in 1806, and OED was in 1884.
>In all conventions it first published has the greater prestige? Please issue a public apology for misstatements!
Prestige has nothing to do with it. The OED covers English. Webster's covers American. American isn't spelt right. So there!
For that reason, in the UK, I'm afraid, the OED does have greater prestige than Webster's. I imagine in America it's the other way round.
David
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I said,
>in the UK, I'm afraid, the OED does have greater prestige than Webster's. I imagine in America it's the other way round.
In fact, it seems that even in America the OED is more highly regarded, because it is more comprehensive. From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). Generally regarded as the most comprehensive and scholarly dictionary of the English language, it includes about 301,100 main entries, as of November 30, 2005, comprising over 350 million printed characters.
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The policy of the OED is to attempt to record all known uses and variants of a word in all varieties of English, worldwide, past and present.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary
...The phrase Webster's has become a genericized trademark for dictionaries. Although Merriam-Webster dictionaries are descended from those of the original purchasers of Noah Webster's work, many other dictionaries bear his name, such as those by the publishers Random House and John Wiley & Sons.
Interesting... only Merriam-Webster is the "official" dictionary. Other Webster dictionaries are just poaching the original brand name.
Regarding the "rivalry":
The Oxford English Dictionary, which published its complete first edition in 1933, challenged Merriam in scholarship, though not in the marketplace due to its size. The New International editions continued to offer words and features not covered by Oxford, and vice versa, and it was not until the 1980s, when Oxford published its Supplements and Second Edition, that the OED clearly overtook Merriam's leadership in the field.
So it seems the OED (unabridged) is publicly acknowledged the most prestigious of the lot, regardless of when it was written.
David
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Ecept in the U.S.. Were rebellious colonist remember?;-D
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
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We won that war, we were the terrorists!
Now we are the leaders of the free world, and dem others best otta listen to us - says george on all to regular a basis
SR
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ahhhh...
Well I use phonics to get me close to all the possibilities..... then I read the definitions until I find the word that I need.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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