Compared to Word, the spell check is very weak. Am I missing something?

I am attempting to switch from Word to Pages but I find the spell check is very weak. Am I missing something?

Barry
I sense a pressing urgency in Ken's request.
Peter

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I can not find where words for the spell check are located, i saved a miss spelled word and wish to remove it.

I mistakenly saved a miss spelt word as a correctly spelt word, i would like to correct this mistake, where do i find the dictionary in Fire fox for the mac.
== This happened ==
Just once or twice
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.22.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Safari/531.22.7

In a file named '''persdict.dat''' in your Profile folder.
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile]
It's a text file that can be edited in a simple text program when Firefox is closed.

Mac: When I click on a misspelled word in the body of an email the spell checker defaults to first word in the email even if it already spelled correctly

The spell checker identifies incorrect spelled words, however when I right click or control click the word the spell checker only highlights in yellow the first word in the email and gives a dialog with the spelling and definition even though that word already correctly spelled. This is version 33.1 on my mac desktop running 10.10. Spell checking works properly if I use Safari.

Some added toolbar and anti-virus add-ons are known to cause
Firefox issues. '''Disable All of them.'''
'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Start Firefox in Safe Mode]''' {web link}
While you are in safe mode;
Type '''about:preferences#advanced'''<Enter> in the address bar.
Under '''Advanced,''' Select '''General.'''
Look for and turn off '''Use Hardware Acceleration'''.
Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?
Then restart.

I can't use word because a box keeps popping up saying that it can't find the spell check files?

I open Word and there is a pop-up message saying that word cannot start the spelling checker because the files may be missing and to make sure that the spell checker files are installed or use the Microsoft installer to install spell checker. I have never had this problem with Word before and spell check has always been fine. What should I do?

Since word is made by Microsoft you should post your question on their own forums for their Mac software as Apple Communities only provide support for Apple products:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

Adobe Reader X - after using the spell checker words run together

Hi,
I am using Adove LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2 to design electronic forms that are filled out in Aobe Reader X. However, when the spell checker is used in Adobe Reader X, all the words that were corrected by the spell checker become one word. For example "Together is better" becomes "togetheris better." This is preventing my company from using electronic forms and I really want to convert my company to electronic forms. Does anyone know when the next version of reader will be available and if this will be fixed? Is there a workaround?
Thanks

Hi,
This is the exact issue I am having. It would open then self terminate within seconds. I was suggested to un-install the program. Now I cant get any visual, and there is an error message. AAARRRGH! So frustrated.

Can you add a word or name to the spell checker in pages for iPad?

I'm looking for a way to add a word, alternate spelling or proper name to the spell checker for the newest version of pages for iPad so they won't keep showing up as "misspelled".
Can you help?

No, the ability to add a word to spell check dictionary is not a current feature.

How does one remove the spell check high light when the word is spelled correctly in iOS 7.1.1?

How does one remove the spell check high light in iOS7.1.1 (Pages) when the word is spelled correctly?

Hello dondew,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iOS: Troubleshooting Mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3899
Log in to your email provider's website to ensure that the account is active and the password is correct.
Restart your iOS device.
Delete the affected email account from your device.
Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Choose the affected email account, then tap Delete Account.
Add your account again.
Have a nice day,
Mario

In gmail the spell checker underlines the ends of words that are spelled correctly. Annoying at best.

running firefox 16.0.1 on pc with windows 7. This seems to have started with new version upgrade. In gmail the spell checker highlights last parts of words that are spelled correctly.

You probably see this bug (fixed in Firefox 21):
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=812638 bug 812638] - (font_size_bloat) TB is inserting/adding loads of redundant/incorrect/random <font size="x"> tags in the middle of corrected words (partially erased with backspace or DEL, then retyped) with certain valid font size attributes in HTML message source; causes spelling issues
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790475 bug 790475] - Spell checking broken (fixed in Firefox 19)
<i>(please do not comment in bug reports: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html])</i>

I have slight Dyslexia and find the spell check on all mac products far inferior to microsoft, any advice?

I have slight Dyslexia and find the spell check on all mac products far inferior to microsoft, any advice on any way to improve spell check. I have an Iphone, Ipad and mac bookpro and I find the spell check terrible, I miss typed grammar and wrote grammer, my mac said it had no spelling suggestions, both google and micro soft word corrected the spelling but not my Mac book pro. Any surgestions?

Not very many Outlook users here. You'll to better asking in Microsoft's Office:Mac forums here:
Office for Mac forums

I can't change the spell check to UK English

On a Mac with an existing CS6 InDesign document, I have tried everything to change the spell check to use a UK language, e.g., I want "programme", not "program".
1. Before I open the document, I have selected InDesign/Preferences/Dictionary and changed to English: UK language.
2. Once the document is opened:
- I have changed all the paragraph styles (Advanced Character Formats) to English: UK language;
- I have no Character Styles so nothing to change there;
- I have gone to Edit/Spelling/User Dictionary and changed language to English: UK.
When I open Edit/Spelling/Check Spelling, the language is set to English: UK. But when I start to spell check, it doesn't pick up any of the words that I know need changing for UK English (i.e., programme, not program)!
Help! What else can I do?

The Australian dictionary is just the British Dictionary renamed, it doesn't recognise any Aussie words that aren't included in the British version.
Don't know why Apple even bothered except to pat us on the head and pretend they cared.
Languages btw are applied like any other style like bold or color or font. You select the text you want to be something and apply the Language.
Peter

How do i remove a word from spell check in OS X 10.4?

Hi all, I accidentally added a misspelled word to the spell check dictionary and i was wondering how to remove it.
I noticed there were already a few similar questions, but i could not get their solutions to work, as they were obviously using a new version of OS X.
So does anyone know how to remove a word from from spell check in OS x 10.4? or else how to reset the spell check?
Cheers.

OK, if you are talking about the Apple spell checker, do the following:
Open an application like TextEdit. Right click in the application window and you will get a popup. Select Spelling and then Spelling... to get a Spelling Dialog Box.
Type in the mis-spelled word in the text box and then click the Forget button. That should undo the mischief.

How to implement the spell check in oracle forms 10g or 6i...

How to implement the spell check in oracle forms.
Is there any different method is there.
Please help me....
Praveen.K

Here is one different from Jspell..
In 6i client/server you can call MS Word spell checker using OLE. Below sample code for 6i.
For 10g you will need webutil to use same code. install webutil and just replace "OLE2." with "CLIENT_OLE2."
PROCEDURE spell_check (item_name IN VARCHAR2)
IS
   my_application   ole2.obj_type;
   my_documents     ole2.obj_type;
   my_document      ole2.obj_type;
   my_selection     ole2.obj_type;
   get_spell        ole2.obj_type;
   my_spell         ole2.obj_type;
   args             ole2.list_type;
   spell_checked    VARCHAR2 (4000);
   orig_text        VARCHAR2 (4000);
BEGIN
   orig_text := NAME_IN (item_name);
   my_application := ole2.create_obj ('WORD.APPLICATION');
   ole2.set_property (my_application, 'VISIBLE', FALSE);
   my_documents := ole2.get_obj_property (my_application, 'DOCUMENTS');
   my_document := ole2.invoke_obj (my_documents, 'ADD');
   my_selection := ole2.get_obj_property (my_application, 'SELECTION');
   ole2.set_property (my_selection, 'TEXT', orig_text);
   get_spell :=ole2.get_obj_property (my_application, 'ACTIVEDOCUMENT');
   ole2.invoke (get_spell, 'CHECKSPELLING');
   ole2.invoke (my_selection, 'WholeStory');
   ole2.invoke (my_selection, 'Copy');
   spell_checked := ole2.get_char_property (my_selection, 'TEXT');
   spell_checked :=SUBSTR (REPLACE (spell_checked, CHR (13), CHR (10)),1,LENGTH (spell_checked));
   COPY (spell_checked, item_name);
   args := ole2.create_arglist;
   ole2.add_arg (args, 0);
   ole2.invoke (my_document, 'CLOSE', args);
   ole2.destroy_arglist (args);
   ole2.RELEASE_OBJ (my_selection);
   ole2.RELEASE_OBJ (get_spell);
   ole2.RELEASE_OBJ (my_document);
   ole2.RELEASE_OBJ (my_documents);
   ole2.invoke (my_application, 'QUIT');
   ole2.RELEASE_OBJ (my_application);
END;Call it like this: SPELL_CHECK ('BLOCK.MY_TEXT_ITEM' );

Word 2007 Spell check failure.

Hi, I'm having trouble with getting the spellcheck to work in word 2007.
All the settings are, indeed, correct. Everything is ticked like it should be for the spell check to work.
I've tried using it with different users and even in local administrator and I couldn't get it to work.
So I stayed in local admin and went to add remove programs and COULDN'T FIND OFFICE 07 IN THE LIST!
So I installed it and presto, after opening up a word document it worked beautifully.
BUT, As soon as I logged in the user that was experiencing the difficulty I had her open a word document and spellcheck ceased to function again.
I'm guessing this is not an issue with office 07 and more of an issue with either registry or maybe even the global profile.
Any input would be greatly appreciatted.
I am running out of ideas FAST.
Maybe even a nudge in the right direction would get me going.
One things for sure. I need help.
Thanks.

Hi,
Please try these steps:
1.       Go to: Word Options > Add-ins, click the drop down arrow next to Manage and select disabled items and check if there is any file listed over there with the name of spell or en-us. If yes, then enable it and check if the spell checker works fine or not?
2.       Also go to registry editor, and go to this location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools
And rename “Proofing Tools” to “Old Proofing Tools”
Close the registry editor and try to use the spell checker once again.
3.       If you are still facing the issue then try to repair office by going into control panel & then add/remove programs, click on Microsoft office and then click on change
Harpreet

Any way to edit words in spell checker?

Since updating to ios5, my spell checker no longer recognizes my name when I type it in a message and tries to change it. Any way to edit the words in the spell checker list so that it will again recognize my name?

You can't edit the spell checked but you can press the little red x when it offers a suggestion. Do this a few times and it won't offer that any more. See p. 25 of the User Guide.

Why won't the spell checker learn?

Several times now I've spell checked Numbers documents and told the checker to "learn" unknown words, only to have the same words marked as misspelled or unknown the next time I open the document. Is there some Numbers or system setting that is preventing the spell checker from adding learned words to the dictionary?

Hi there,
Could you provide the community with a little more information to help narrow troubleshooting? Things like your printer model and your operating system help out a lot.
You can say thanks by clicking the Kudos Star in my post. If my post resolves your problem, please mark it as Accepted Solution so others can benefit too.

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