Safari spell check - only through widgets?

Is there a way to embed spellcheck so that it will work within forum posting? There should be if there isn't - this is how Firefox spellcheck works. To illustrate - as I am typing, if I make a typo, Firefox spellcheck lets me know by underlining in red. On Safari, it lets me make typos. The only way to check spelling is through widgets? I think this is a big mistake by Apple.
Anyone?

Do you know why the option is "grayed out" in the menu?
Is yours still grayed out when your cursor is actually in a text box where you can type? Mine isn't.

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You can try basic steps like these in case of issues with web pages:
Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.
*Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
*Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
*Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
Clear the cache and the cookies from websites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Mail spell check goes through the ENTIRE email looking for misspellings

Is there anyway when you use spell check in mail that it won't go through the ENTIRE message and just use the part that you have typed. Example: When you respond to an email from someone it spell checks their email as well. Any suggestions?

Hi,
In Preferences under "Composing" you could check "Check Spelling as I type". that will hold it in your reply only. You can either correct it right away (it gets underlined), or wait till later and do them all at the same time by going to Edit> Spelling> Check Spelling ( or the Command-semi-colon keys hit together) they will come up one-by-one for correction.
This is about the easiest way to do it.
Enjoy

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Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I found that for the spelling options to be available you must have the cursor in a text box. Then, I pressed command : to turn on spell checking. However, I had check spelling as you type checked and it unchecked it when I changed web pages. I had to reselect it.

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After installing and reinstalling (combo version) of 10.4.9 on my Intel MacBook Pro, the Spell Checking is working only for the English language.
Seems that other languages are not installed (although they are at the spelling pop up). When I activate them, nothing works. No spelling as I type, no suggestions at the spelling window...
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Hi all, could someone help me with something that's probably staring me straight in the face anyway?
I want to change the spell checking in Safari from English US to English UK, and for the life of me can't remember how to do it.
ta very muchley!

Hi Sinisterish!
That is a system-wide setting.
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Broken in new Safari: Spell Checking and Tabs

Since upgrading to the newest Safari (2.0.2 (416.12)) I've found two things to not function as they used to:
1) Spell checking in input boxes (like the one I'm typing in now) doesn't work. Misspelled words are still recognized and underlined in red, but right clicking on them doesn't produce a list of alternative choices like it used to.
2) When you press apple-w, previous versions of safari would bring the next right-most tab into focus after closing the current window. Now Safari jumps to the last tab you were in. I find the other behavior much more intuitive and predictable. Is there any way to get it back or could this be a problem with Saft (a safari plugin)?
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Thank you so much, Craig and Salvatore! I had been a bit annoyed at the tab function change and really missed the spelling correction change, and was beginning to figure out how to explain the spelling correction problem -- finding Craig's posting of the problems and the answers from both of you was so timely.
I'm sure Apple isn't happy about a 3rd party add-on "breaking" their product, but I so appreciate the "benefits" of this 3rd-party add-on!
Joan

Safari Spell Check Language??

The spell check in my Safari keeps changing words to their British spelling (ie recognize = recognise etc). How does one change the spell check to American English? I like having spell check/autocorrect in Safari, but not when it miscorrects my spelling...

Barry Lee Reynolds wrote:
I am having the same problem. Were you able to resolve it?
Can you change the dictionary in Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar?

I want to disable Safari spell checker

While I'm writing this message I see those ridicolous red waves that underline some words (Why only some?).
Is it a Safari 3.0.4 issue or this site (and also other sites) issue?
The same did not happen with previous versions of Safari.
These underlinings do not show when I write italian words.
I searched this forum, Safari menus, help and preferences. But I could not find how to disable it.

Quit Safari and paste the command line below in the Terminal - then press Return.
I works for me.
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebContinuousSpellCheckingEnabled -bool NO
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Tom

How to delete items in Safari Spell Check Dictionary?

So, I accidently clicked add to dictionary when I wrote "myselg" instead of myself. Is there a way to remove myselg from the dictionary?

Thanks, Klaus (blush):
The gist of the article was this:
if you accidentally add a misspelled word to the dictionary, type the misspelling in the dialog and then click "ignore."
Barry

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.

InDesign cs6 spell check and master pages

I have created a set of master pages for a template in InDesign cs6. When I create a document from this template and apply "spelling", the spell check goes through every master page before moving to the document. How can I stop spell check from going to master pages unless, of course, the master page is highlighted? I have tried locking all master page objects and have also tried selecting the option of not allowing selection of master page locked objects. I have allowed, and disallowed, the override on master page items Nothing seems to work. I would like "spelling" to apply only the pages in the document, or only the selected page in the document.

If you go to Edit>Spelling>Check Spelling
You get a dialog box - the only options are for All Documents, Current Document, Story, To End of Story, or Selection
These are the options for checking spelling, ignore masters is not an option, unfortunately.
But you can select a range of text and use the Selection option to check the spelling.
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Can i proceed the functionality in Spell check Menu..

Hi,
    In plugin, i bring front the spell check menu item using 'action', but dont know how to proceed that functionality further?
    I need to click 'Start' Button in that Menu. How can i find that object and continue that?
    Pls someone guide me.
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S, correct.
We have used that header files and ATE::ISpell class only at initial stage. But it gives some problem. Then i called that Spell Checking Menu through 'Action'. In this case, I dont know how to click 'Start' button of the Spell Check Menu.
Now i need to click start buttion of the spell check menu.

Language packs seem to break spell-check language selection

I suspect this is a bug, but maybe I am doing something wrong, so I'll ask here before submitting a bug report.
I have Thunderbird 31.2.0 installed on OS X Mavericks. I am pretty sure it is the en-GB version, but I have several language packs installed, including the (presumably redundant) en-GB pack. I also have installed (and sometimes uninstalled) the add-ons "Quick Locale Switcher" and "Simple Locale Switcher" at various times to switch the user interface language. (The reason I have included the two is, I had the "Quick" switcher first, and suspected what I was seeing might be a bug in the add-on, so I switched to the other.)
Now, the symptom. When the user interface language is set as en-GB, the spell-checker language choice in the "Preferences" menu (I guess "Options" in Windows, and I don't know what in Linux) is respected - I can type an email in one language, stop, switch the spell-checker language half way through, and the real-time spell-checking is then by the new language exactly as I would have expected. But, when the user interface language is anything other than en-GB (I haven't tried en-US, but I have tried German and Russian), the spell-check language follows the user interface language, and changing the spell-check language option in the "Preferences" menu has no effect whatsoever on anything.
This problem persisted even after I removed the two language-switching add-ons. Then, I removed all the language packs (which forced my user interface back into en-GB), and magically the spell-check language selection started working again.
So I am thinking the problem is driven by the user interface being from a language pack. When the user interface language matches the original install language, the spell-check language selection works; when the user interface language is something else, the spell-check language selection is ignored, and the actual spell-check language follows the user interface language.
The "Simple Locale Switcher" does not seem to allow the user interface language and the spell-check language to be switched independently, but "Quick Locale Switcher" does. However, this feature doesn't seem to work, nor does switching the spell-check language through the Thunderbird Preferences rather than the add-on (unless the user interface language is the default en-GB).
Has any one else seen a problem like this? Is there a way to fix it? (Maybe futz with the language settings on the other side of the "Here Be Dragons" warning?)

Before chasing dragons, right click in the body of a mail in the compose window and set the spell check language there. I have no idea if it will work, but it might add to the over all body of knowledge for a bug report.
Please post a link to any bug report you make.

Cannot spell check the document with numbers?

The latest update has changed Numbers. I can no longer see the spelling errors for the entire document via the squiggly red line. I use Excel speadsheets imported into Numbers for my work. Spell check only works for individual cells but not the entire document. I am looking 50,000+ items. I need the whole document, not individual cells. Any advice?

Hi Bacchus,
Numbers 3.1
Two methods.
1. Menu > Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar
When it shows 'This word was not found in the spelling dictionary', choose a suggestion and Change then Find Next.
2. Numbers > Preferences > General > Editing > Show suggestions when editing table cells.
Regards,
Ian

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