InDesign CC spell check is not working at all

I have been using InDesign for around a month now and now my spell check is not working at all. I have tried replacing preferences, changed dictionaries, created new documents with placeholder text and spell check does nothing at all with all of these things. Please Help

Not all locales come with a dictionary installed for licensing reasons. 
If you do not have the en-US locale then check that you have a dictionary installed (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and selected. 
 
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. 
Also make sure that [X]"Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick. 
You can also try to toggle the "Check Spelling" item off and on again. 
 
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking and [[Using the spell checker]] 
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries

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OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3
Gone through Google and modified Registry keys, updated MS Office 2007 hot-fixes, reinstalled MS Office 2007, but nothing worked.
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Step
1
Go to Office Button > Word options > Proofing
> Custome dictionary > Make
sure CUSTOM.DIC is checked.
Step
2
Click on Office Button | Word Options | Proofing
| check the
"Check spelling as you type" and "Check grammar with spelling" boxes |
uncheck the "Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide
grammar errors in this document only" boxes | OK.
Step
3
Open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A
to select all
of the text
Click on Review tab | Proofing: Set Language |
language> | uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do not
check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default | OK.
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In your Windows registry, if the key
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I'm using the 3.6.10 version of firefox
Mac OSX 10.5.8
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we may follow the troubleshooting guide below to correct it.
1. Make sure you are not typing in the signature area.
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3. Enable Check spelling as you type.
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Not all locales come with a dictionary installed for licensing reasons. 
If you do not have the en-US locale then check that you have a dictionary installed (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and selected. 
 
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. 
Also make sure that [X]"Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick. 
You can also try to toggle the "Check Spelling" item off and on again. 
 
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking and [[Using the spell checker]] 
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries

Ihave firefox 3.6.8 spell check used to work on hotmail but I had to uninstall firefox and reload it now spell check does not work on hotmail . I have installed the dictionaryadd on

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Most browsers check for spelling mistakes automatically. Look for the words that are flagged by red lines and right-click them to see suggestions. Note that with some browsers, you may need to download a dictionary.
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If you do not have the en-US locale then check that you have a dictionary installed (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and selected. 
 
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. 
Also make sure that [[X]"Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick. 
You can also try to toggle the "Check Spelling" item off and on again. 
 
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking and [[Using the spell checker]] 
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries

Spell Check is not working, still......

Another long time user that has been with you for years has had enough, over to Opera where I can write an email without looking like an unprofessional  dummy that can't even use spell checker.
Linux mint 14, fully updated, two different pc's both same problem with spellchecker, this problem has been going on for a long time now. Do you really expect people to use a browser without a spellcheck? This has been a 'bug' for how long now? People just go elsewhere, why wouldn't you, try running a business and sending people sketchy looking emails.
I fix PC's for a living, I used to put everybody onto Thunderbird and Firefox, do you think I still do that? Obviously like the people I know who do the same thing for a living, I put them onto Chrome so they don't ring me complaining that it doesn't work properly.
You guys are loosing market share for a reason, we need a functional non bloated browser that doesn't freeze and crash all the time,  forget the fancy add-ons and themes, make the  basics work because from the techiest person to the most useless pleb luddite, we all need the basics to work or the browser is a useless piece of  crap.
This site is proof of how you are alienating people too, I go to register and it tells me I don't need to register for a new question, I click on that and half way through it asks me to register, then when registering it took about 6 tries for your javascript to accept it: "username too short", "password is short", "username exists". Tell us before ffs! I nearly gave up and shut the window. Anybody unfamiliar with pc's would have given up after a try or two and gone back to IE.
Please, please, get your  stuff together, I love Mozilla and I love Firefox, it's named after my favourite baddies in the original Donkey Kong, ffs, I love you guys, get back to basics and make a functional browser that people prefer to IE, you are killing it, get back to basics and make it FUNCTIONAL

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Spell checking doesn't work at all

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InDesign CC - Spell check not working.

I can purposefully type a misspelled word in InDesign and the Spell Check doesn't catch it. In fact it doesn't seem to work at all.

Hi
Could you please provide the following information which could help in reproducing the issue at my end.
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Check marks not showing in "options" spell check not working at all.

I am using the latest but not greatest version which is 13. The spell check feature is not working at all. It works in FF 3.6.28 when I remove this great upgrade but of course I always get the standard ,"your version of Firefox is outdated"
The check marks in the option tabs do not show at all. I have to guess if I have something checked or not.
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I like Firfox I really do, but I may have to completely delete it and relunctantly use Chrome, because spell check works in it.
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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.
You can enable or disable spell checking globally:
* Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"
You can look here for dictionaries:
* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/language-tools/
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries
* https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Using+the+spell+checker

Why is dynamic spelling (or check spelling) not working on a particular document?

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I have tried moving files to my desktop as well as saving a copy, neither of which worked.
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- Alice

Ended up having the same issue in a CC version document. A combination of fixing the Language setting on character styles and editing Preferences, Dictionary, Spelling and also Hyphenation to Hunspell did the trick.
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This is hysterical. And a great lesson to be learned.
http://tinyurl.com/cd27ep

I agree. It's entirely up to the user to proof read any document going to press/print. Seriously, InDesign does not have predicative typing, predictive sentencing or predictive story, features that come installed like the new imac wheel does http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuVbrm_GqhM
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If anything this is just bad publicity for the University and shows how well they teach their young padawans. I've no sympathy for them.
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