Messed up spell checker.

after installing leopard, pages no longer acknowledges spelling errors nor the new grammer feature "proofread" even though i selected them in the edit menu to work while typing. whats going on? could leoaprd be the worse release ever? this is on of the many problems ive been having with this ****** operating system. someone please help. i have a paper due tomorrow and i need it to help me. i so do not have time for this crap. urgh. i'm ****.
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There is a difference between language packs that affect the Firefox user interface and spell check dictionaries.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Language_packs
At least one dictionary should be installed and have a check mark to indicate that it is selected.
*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 look here for dictionaries:
*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/language-tools/
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking

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After using Firefox nightly 23 on Chakra Linux via bundle and I think it messed up my settings of the spell checker via Firefox sync.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Language_packs
At least one dictionary should be installed and have a check mark to indicate that it is selected.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking

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