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Spellcheck gone crazy

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MrsGrey
MrsGrey

Spellchecker is underlining almost every word, spelled correctly or mis-spelled. Can I disable it completel;y? What can I do?? Really annoying...

Spellchecker is underlining almost every word, spelled correctly or mis-spelled. Can I disable it completel;y? What can I do?? Really annoying...

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dynamite
dynamite

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I guess the spellchecker went crazy because the wrong dictionary was selected. To select the right dictionary:

  1. Right click on a text area and open the Languages sub-menu.
  2. Make sure the required dictionary (English) has a tick mark against it.


If this does not help and you really wish to disable spell checking completely, please see these instructions: How do I use the Firefox spell checker?.

MrsGrey
MrsGrey Question owner

Thanks, yes that was the problem. For some weird reason English had disappeared, only French remained. Now fine.

dynamite
dynamite

Great! Please click on the Solved button to mark this question as solved. Thanks!