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A spell check is the act of checking a document for spelling and/or grammatical errors. Many applications, including text editors, browsers and email clients include a spell checking program by default.

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Enabling spell check in Google Chrome?

I want to enable spell check in Chrome, but after actualisation it is disabled and I can't enable it again. Does anybody know how to do this? Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Chrome: Version 67.0....
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Stop online Office apps from replacing lowercase single-letter word "i" with "I"

What happens? In Scandinavian languages such as Norwegian, just the letter "i" as a word means "in" or "inside". When I type this word into an online Office app, it gets replaced with the uppercase ...
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What's the quickest way to spell check arbitrary text in Windows 10?

If I'm using a program that doesn't have its own built-in spell checking, what's the fastest way to spell check a textbox from said program (or my clipboard, assuming I have copied the textbox's ...
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How can I add a Word to Windows 10 Auto-Correct?

Windows 10 has added an Auto-Correct feature for typing. I want to be able to edit the dictionary. This document says that I should be able to find it here: %AppData%\Microsoft\Spelling\<...
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Change powerpoint spell language in a fast way

not sure this is the right place but I found a similar question here, so probably it is. I'm working on some presentations which contain text in two different languages. These languages are ...
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Language Pack didn't install dictionary for spell check for office 2010

I downloaded the language pack for Portuguese, but in word when I try to do the spell check it says the dictionary isn't installed. When it go to languages in options it shows that Portuguese is ...
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Can I create my own custom 'language' for OneNote spellchecking?

Do you know a way to add SQL, Perl, C# or any other programming language's keywords as a custom language to OneNote? We use OneNote to document our work. When I add code (SQL, other) to a new page, ...
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British Spelling/Vocabulary in Mac?

Is there any way to have the British spelling/vocabulary on all the applications and spell-checkers in Mac?
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Microsoft Office 2010 Proofing Tools Kit

I have installed the Office 2010 available on MSDN, but there is no proofing tools kit available there yet. Still I see various sources where I can download this kit when I search for it on Google. ...
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Text editor which enables real-time spell checking

Is there a text editor which enables real-time spell checking like the rich tech editor in Gmail or even typing anything using Firefox? is there a Notepad++ plugin?
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Why are common words marked as incorrect by spell check?

Within 2 minutes of each other, I had the word to and the word it's be flagged as misspelled inside of Google Chrome. I was only able to grab a screenshot of the second occurrence. How/why is this ...
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Spelling AND Grammar check for Notepad ++

This site provided with spellcheck for Notepad ++ html/markup spellcheck, but not grammar: How do I enable spell checking in Notepad++? Looking to do spelling and grammar check on html all in one ...
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Use only the custom dictionary for spell checking in MS Word

I would like to make MS Word use only the custom dictionary to spell check the Chechen language as it doesn't have any official spell check package available. Is there any way to turn off the main ...
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Prevent hyphenation for words not in dictionary

When enabling hyphenation, Microsoft Word also hyphenates terms it does not know, e.g. names, words in CamelCase. These hyphenations are often terribly wrong ("SeqTrig" is hypenated as Se - qTrig") ...
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How to tell Word "para." is an abbreviation and not the end of a sentence?

In Word 2013 on my system, the sentence He turned to pg. 2 and was surprised. spell-checks cleanly. However, the sentence He turned to para. 2 and was surprised. (changing pg. to para.) flags a ...
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How to Improve Mac OS Spell Checking?

I've recently switched to Mac and although I like it overall but many useful features just don't seem to work. One example is the spell-checker. Most often it gives me no suggestions at all whereas I ...
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Mysterious misspelled words in OS X's autocorrect/spellcheck

Since I got my MBP 2 years ago, I've found some really strange misspellings that the system's autocorrect will change correct words to. The latest of these is "Ulbrichbt", which OS X unhelpfully ...
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chrome spellcheck and different language for selected sites

I was wondering if there is some way to make Chrome browser use different spellchecker dictionary for selected sites. I mostly write in Polish but on some sites I prefer to use English dictionary, so ...
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Cannot find Spell Check in Windows 8.1 Mail, NotePad, WordPad, or anything

I am a novice Windows 8.1 user. I bought a new Windows machine last week and I cannot find any spell check function in Windows Mail, NotePad, WordPad, or anything. In Windows 8.1, I went to PC & ...
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Keep spell check dictionaries syncronized

Each program and computer that I use seems to have its own spell check dictionary. My web browser has a different dictionary than my word processor. When I use my laptop rather than my desktop, the ...
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Is there a way to use the native OS X spell checking in Firefox?

Is there a way to use the native OS X spell checking in Firefox? I think the answer is probably no, because this question was asked concerning Thunderbird on OS X, but maybe it's different with ...
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Disable Spell Check, Thesaurus, Dictionary (Microsoft Word 2007)

How do I disable all 'proofreading' features in Microsoft Word 2007 for all users on a local machine?
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Setting Microsoft Word completely to another language

When I'm using the English language in MS-Word 2007, it does indeed use a new dictionary, but the automatic caption names are still in my own language (Dutch). For example: If I use insert caption I ...
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How am I supposed to use Opera 10 spell check feature?

The official help just says that there is spell checking context menu for edit fields. Yes I see "spell checking" on context menu. But I see no red underlines to mark misspelled words as I write ...
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How to exclude Code snippets from Microsoft Words spell check

I am writing on an computer scientific report and I'm really tired of Word 2010 always switching between languages (code in english, text in german) and marking all my code red just because there are ...
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Disable spell checking in Firefox?

How can I disable spell checking in Firefox? This is not a trivial question. The normal option to turn it off does not work. Version is 29.1 Here is a screenshot showing the option turned off yet ...
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PDF document spellchecker

I am looking for a spellchecker for PDF documents. Preferably it would process the PDF and mark any errors in the document. Preferably it would use hunspell dictionaries
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How to disable Spell Check in standalone Google Chrome App

Based on a website, I have created a Google Chrome App (in Chrome: click the ⋮ button > More Tools > Create Shortcut > Open as Window). Inside of the Google Chrome app, I want to disable ...
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Thunderbird spellcheck does not work when forwarding message

I am using spellcheck (spellcheck as you type) in Thunderbird 68.8 on Debian Buster. Normally, the spellcheck works fine (after my previous problem has been solved). It works when composing new ...
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Microsoft word is detecting spelling issues in US English only, and not UK English

I'm editing a document and it states there are 235 spelling issues under US English, but none for UK English. I have checked, and these aren't simple differences in US/UK spelling, they are words ...
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Power point spell checker flags every i letter inside words. How to fix this?

This is a weird one, but I am writing some notes for a slide and there's some weird spell checking flagging. The most obvious one is flagging every i in every word. For example: meeting discussed ...
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Add word with pipe/vertical bar to MS Word or Office Dictionary

I happen to be writing about Wolfram|Alpha in MS Word and PowerPoint, and both applications give it the red wavy underline indicating misspelling. When I right click and select "Add to Dictionary," ...
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Permanently exclude words from spell checking

I am editing a doc with a lot of surnames and proper nouns. I have gone through the Spell Check and ignored all of them and they disappear. However, when I send the doc or save it, they reappear ...
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Microsoft word 2015 just stopped checking for spelling errors

Not sure why this happened. I've checked my preferences and spell check is on. Apparently sdkvcjwdnvfkjn is a word in the English language. I tried creating a new document but to no avail. I've ...
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MSword spellcheck: ignore text between this and that

How can I set a spellcheck rule that will enable MSword (2013) to skip some part of the text. For instance I would ask him to skip the text between a double parenthesis. text that must be checked ...
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How can one turn off spellchecking in Notepad++?

I have 6.8.3; the solutions given here: How can one turn off spell checking in Notepad++? ... are for version 6.5 or so. The UI items mentioned in the solution are no longer present. That is, my ...
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Notepad++ spellcheck not work with "comment tag"

I am using plugin DSpellCheck in Notepad++ When editing an XML file I noticed that the spell checker does not check inside the "CDATA", like this: <![CDATA[My testt]]> What causes this is the ...
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Microsoft Outlook 2003 Spell Checker

I'm forced to use Outlook at work, and I have a couple of questions about the spell checker. The option of not using the spell checker is an option, but my spelling is so sufficiently bad that it's ...
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Changed spell check language; Word and Pages still use the old language

I moved from the U.S. to Canada, and I'm changing my Mac to spell check in Canadian English instead of American. I went to System Preferences > Language & Text > Text > Spelling, and changed the ...
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Getting Microsoft Word Grammar Check to treat certain words as proper nouns [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I get the spellchecker in MS Word to remember my grammar decisions I have a word document which frequently refers to a computer system called "I/90". When I run a grammar ...
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How to install aspell (spell check library) on fedora?

I want to install aspell library (http://aspell.net/) on fedora. GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker.
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How do I search a folder in file explorer regardless of the spelling (ignore spaces)

I have a folder named for example DDC77 but I want the file explorer to return me that exact folder even if I search D DCC77 or DD C77
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What are the differences between the Canadian ispell dictionaries

On my Ubuntu 20.04 system, I seem to have five different Canadian English dictionaries installed for ispell: en_CA en_CA-variant_0 en_CA-variant_1 en_CA-w_accents en_CA-wo_accents I have searched ...
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Windows 10 Spelling Autocorrect not working

I'm on a Windows 10 Pro x64 desktop and the following setting to enable spellcheck doesn't seem to be working: Settings > Devices > Typing > Spelling > Autocorrect misspelled words I've enabled ...
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Disable spellchecking in Adobe Reader editable forms

I am filling in a large form in Adobe Reader. (This is for a grant application, and those forms tend to be 80 pages long, with lots of text in the form fields.) Adobe Reader has by default ...
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Add word at caret to dictionary using the keyboard

When using spell checking in Sublime Text 3, it is possible to right click on a misspelled/underlined word and from the context menu, add it to the dictionary. Is there a way to do this using the ...
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LibreOffice - getting German spell checking to work (Debian)

I'm using Debian Jessie, LibreOffice is 4.3.3.2. I'm having a document for which the text language is 'German (Austria)', alternatively I tried 'German (Germany)'. I can't spell check my text. If I ...
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vim spellcheck: command or function to dump all bad words to file

I frequently need to correct files that have numerous spelling errors. Spellcheck tags all these words, but is there a command or function within vim that will dump all these tagged words to a file?
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How to make the spellchecker accept two languages at the same time in Word 2007?

I'm working in a bilingual environment and a lot of texts combine LangA and LangB (for example, documenting in LangB some procedure written in LangA or commenting a translation). Most of the time, a ...
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Is there an autocorrect for windows?

Is there a way to get the auto-correct feature (found in almost all mobile devices) in windows? I know spell-check, but you still have to manually right-click and choose, and it also doesn't work in ...
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