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Dictionaries disabled. Can't enable.

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txpt
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This is on Thunderbird 68.2.1 (64-bit) for Linux (Xubuntu 18.04) The additional dictionaries for spell-checking which I have been using for years are disabled and I can't find a way to enable them. I didn't disable them. Rather they appeared disabled by themselves (and work just fine in Firefox). I tried updating them but there seem to be no updates available. I appreciate any indications as to how to activate the dictionaries again. Thanks for reading!

This is on Thunderbird 68.2.1 (64-bit) for Linux (Xubuntu 18.04) The additional dictionaries for spell-checking which I have been using for years are disabled and I can't find a way to enable them. I didn't disable them. Rather they appeared disabled by themselves (and work just fine in Firefox). I tried updating them but there seem to be no updates available. I appreciate any indications as to how to activate the dictionaries again. Thanks for reading!

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Your dictionaries probably didn't update automatically to the 'webext' versions compatible with TB 68. Download the dictionary xpi file from links on this page, by right-clicking the Download Now button, Save Link as... In TB, Tools/Add-ons/Dictionaries, click the gear icon next to Search, Install add-on from file..., select the xpi file.

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Your dictionaries probably didn't update automatically to the 'webext' versions compatible with TB 68. Download the dictionary xpi file from links on this page, by right-clicking the Download Now button, Save Link as... In TB, Tools/Add-ons/Dictionaries, click the gear icon next to Search, Install add-on from file..., select the xpi file.

txpt
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Worked great. Thanks!