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I have downloaded & installed language add-ons but when I go to the drop down to add dictionairies the new addons do not show up?

mzmnml
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I have downloaded and installed the English UK and English South Africa add-ons. The show in my add-ons manager and are enabled. However, when I type in a text box and it underlines the word in red because the default language is set to English US, I right click on the word to access the drop down menu, then hover over languages to shoe the options and neither of the new add-ons are available for me to change to. I have restarted FF as well as my machine in order to see if it would help. I have also tried looking through the tools to see if there is a way to set the language in preferences but cannot find this option. Please assist soonest. Thanks.

I have downloaded and installed the English UK and English South Africa add-ons. The show in my add-ons manager and are enabled. However, when I type in a text box and it underlines the word in red because the default language is set to English US, I right click on the word to access the drop down menu, then hover over languages to shoe the options and neither of the new add-ons are available for me to change to. I have restarted FF as well as my machine in order to see if it would help. I have also tried looking through the tools to see if there is a way to set the language in preferences but cannot find this option. Please assist soonest. Thanks.

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Gingerbread Man
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It sounds like you've installed language packs instead of dictionaries, because there's no South African dictionary available.

This is the English (British) add-on you need installed to have a dictionary in that language:

After you've installed it, right-click a text field and make sure the "Check Spelling" option is enabled. Then in the Language submenu you can find "English (United Kingdom)". You can use the following add-on to automatically switch the language for the spell checker.