Firefox Built-In Spell Checker

I installed Firefox from 'Pacman' today and it works great. It's currenlty 3.5.7 and noticed that when I am typing and mis-spell obvious words, it does not underline them in red as Firefox would on any other distribution. I made sure I have the option selected in Firefox that say's "Check My Spelling As I Type" however it does not appear to be working. Am I missing a package or 'Add-on' for this to work?

Hello
Do you have the dictionnary for the language you are writting in?
You can find them here
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo … sort=&lup=

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I have this same problem of needing to delete a word I added in spell checker.
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* You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu.
* Open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.
* Make sure that [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu is check-marked.
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* Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"
See also:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Using+the+spell+checker

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In other programs there is a check box to allow this or not, but I cannot find one for Firefox. I do not use words with numbers very often, except something like W2, so I would prefer those get flagged instead of ones that are wrong like y9ou or w3ere that I make frequently.
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Hi, Again,
Thanks for the info. And for a quick reply. ;-)
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Yes. Intermitent bugs are really difficult to track and solve, so please try to do this things:
* Try to reset Firefox so all settings that may be creating this problems will be removed.
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Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
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* [http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] (A good permanent anti-virus if you don't already have one)
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* Send us troubleshooting information.
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*Click the Firefox button at the top left, then click the ''Help'' menu and select ''Troubleshooting information'' from the submenu. If you don't have a Firefox button, click the Help menu at the top and select ''Troubleshooting information'' from the menu.
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Spelling Check: SpellCheck:
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*http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/tab_capacity/001_with_underscore.htm#spellcheck_jumpstart
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*After the Deadline - Spell and Grammar Checker :: Add-ons for Firefox<br>https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/after-the-deadline-spell-and-g/
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fruhulda-
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OS 10.9.3 .
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