Spell Check ignores added words
I have a long list of added words in LocalDictionary. (Spell Check really needs a medical dictionary.) Spell Check now ignores all added words and marks those words as misspelled. When I tell Spell Check to learn a previously added word it does so. The LocalDictionary is not updated when the word is learned. Thus, Spell Check knows that the word is in the LocalDictionary when it is told to add a word, but not when it is spell checking.
This happens in TextEdit, Stickies, StoryMill, and all applications that use Apple's Spell Check. I copied the text of LocalDictionary, trashed the original, and saved a clean copy--no help. I used Terminal to kill and restart Spell Checking--no help. Shutdown--no help. My next step would be reinstalling OS X, but I'd prefer not to do that time-consuming task. Any advice?
Welcome to our community, Dan
If you click File > Project Settings > General tab, what language is configured for the project?
Out of curiosity, how exactly did you check the dictionary to ensure the words were there?
Cheers... Rick
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//REVISED 02/26-10
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//Unicode reference:
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//Macron-A <0100>
//Macron-a <0101>
//Macron-E <0112>
//Macron-e <0113>
//Macron-I <012A>
//Macron-i <012B>
//Macron-O <014C>
//Macron-o <014D>
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grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaho‘olawe‘i.
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grep {findWhat:"(?i)kona"} {changeTo:"Kona", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kona.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kohala"} {changeTo:"Kohala", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kohala.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([uū])?ki([ʻ`'’‘])?o"} {changeTo:"Kūki‘o", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kūki‘o.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)M([aā?])?noa"} {changeTo:"Mānoa", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Mānoa.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)puak([oō])?"} {changeTo:"Puakō", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Puakō.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)pu([ʻ`'’‘])?u honua o (?i)h([oō])?naunau"} {changeTo:"Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau.
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grep {findWhat:"\r\r+"} {changeTo:"\r"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double returns and replace with single returns.
text {findWhat:" - "} {changeTo:"^="} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all space-dash-space and replace with an en dash.
text {findWhat:"--"} {changeTo:"^_"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all dash-dash and replace with an em dash.
//REVISED 02/26-10
//This script support text file has been edited and compiled by Ken McGuire "http://www.infografik.com" with the help and guidance of Charles Wesley.
//The following unicode words require the usage of PRO fonts.
//NOTE: text find/change of Hawaiian puncuated words requires the use of unicode characters:
//Unicode reference:
//Okina <2018>
//Macron-A <0100>
//Macron-a <0101>
//Macron-E <0112>
//Macron-e <0113>
//Macron-I <012A>
//Macron-i <012B>
//Macron-O <014C>
//Macron-o <014D>
//Macron-U <016A>
//Macron-u <016B>
//Note: grep find/change does not require unicode and can be input directly with Hawaiian keyboard
//// HAWAIIAN ISLANDS and Possessive Forms
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai[ʻ`'’‘]?i"} {changeTo:"Hawai‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Hawai‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Hawai‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Hawai‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaua([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Kaua‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaua‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaua([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Kaua‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Kaua‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaho‘olawe‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaho([ʻ`'’‘])?olawe([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Kaho‘olawe’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Kaho‘olawe‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)lana([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Lana‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Lana‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)lana([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Lana‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Lana‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)mau([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Maui", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Maui.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)mau([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Maui’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Maui’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)moloka([ʻ`'’‘])?i"} {changeTo:"Moloka‘i", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Moloka‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)moloka([ʻ`'’‘])?i([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"Moloka‘i’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to Moloka‘i’s.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)o([ʻ`'’‘])?ahu"} {changeTo:"O‘ahu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to O‘ahu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)o([ʻ`'’‘])?ahu([ʻ`'’‘])?s"} {changeTo:"O‘ahu’s", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change Possesive to O‘ahu’s
// HAWAIIAN PLACES
grep {findWhat:"(?i)haleakal([aā])?"} {changeTo:"Haleakalā", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Haleakalā.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)h([oō])?kule([ʻ`'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"Hōkule‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Hōkule‘a.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)honlulu"} {changeTo:"Honolulu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Honolulu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([aā])?([ʻ`'’‘])?anapali"} {changeTo:"Kā‘anapali", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kā‘anapali.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kailua"} {changeTo:"Kailua", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kailua.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kaka([ʻ`'’‘])?ako"} {changeTo:"Kaka‘ako", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kaka‘ako.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kona"} {changeTo:"Kona", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kona.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kohala"} {changeTo:"Kohala", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kohala.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)k([uū])?ki([ʻ`'’‘])?o"} {changeTo:"Kūki‘o", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Kūki‘o.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)M([aā?])?noa"} {changeTo:"Mānoa", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Mānoa.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)puak([oō])?"} {changeTo:"Puakō", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Puakō.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)pu([ʻ`'’‘])?u honua o (?i)h([oō])?naunau"} {changeTo:"Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Pu‘u Honua o Hōnaunau.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)nu([ʻ`'’‘])?uanu"} {changeTo:"Nu‘uanu", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Nu‘uanu.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)waik([iī])?k([iī])?"} {changeTo:"Waikīkī", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to Waikīkī.
// HAWAIIAN COMMON WORDS
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]Aina"} {changeTo:"‘Aina", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "Aina."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]aina"} {changeTo:"‘aina", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "aina."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]Ahi"} {changeTo:"‘Ahi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘Ahi."
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]ahi"} {changeTo:"‘ahi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘ahi."
grep {findWhat:"ahupua([`ʻ'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"ahupua‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ahupua‘a."
grep {findWhat:"Ahupua([`ʻ'’‘])?a"} {changeTo:"Ahupua‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of Ahupua‘a."
grep {findWhat:"(?i)kamehameha"} {changeTo:"Kamehameha", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Kamehameha.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)hawai([`ʻ'’‘])?ian"} {changeTo:"Hawaiian", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Hawai‘i.
grep {findWhat:"(?i)maunakea"} {changeTo:"Maunakea", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find / replace with Maunakea.
grep {findWhat:"[ʻ`'’‘]ohana"} {changeTo:"‘ohana", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of ‘ohana."
text {findWhat:"aloha"} {changeTo:"aloha", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Aloha
text {findWhat:"aumakua"} {changeTo:"<2018>aumakua", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for ‘amakua
text {findWhat:"halau"} {changeTo:"h<0101>lau", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for hālau
text {findWhat:"kuleana"} {changeTo:"kuleana", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Kuleana
text {findWhat:"mahalo"} {changeTo:"mahalo", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for Mahalo
text {findWhat:"makai"} {changeTo:"makai", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for makai
text {findWhat:"malama"} {changeTo:"m<0101>lama", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for mālama
text {findWhat:"mauka"} {changeTo:"mauka", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for mauka
text {findWhat:"pili"} {changeTo:"pili", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pili
text {findWhat:"pono"} {changeTo:"pono", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pono
text {findWhat:"pupu"} {changeTo:"p<016B>p<016B>", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:false} Spell check escape for pūpū
// SPECIES
grep {findWhat:"([ʻ`'’‘])?([oō])?hi[ʻ`'’‘]a"} {changeTo:"‘ōhi‘a", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} find/change variants to ‘ōhi‘a.
grep {findWhat:"roi"} {changeTo:"roi", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} put okina in front of "roi."
// OKINA APOSTROPHE CLEANUP
grep {findWhat:"['‘]([st])"} {changeTo:"’$1"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} fix ordinary apostrophes
grep {findWhat:"['’]([aeiouāēīōūAEIOUĀĒĪŌŪ])"} {changeTo:"‘$1"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} fix okinas
// COMPANY BYPASSES
grep {findWhat:"(?i)info grafik"} {changeTo:"Info Grafik", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true} Capitalize Info Grafik.
text {findWhat:"infografik.com"} {changeTo:"infografik.com", appliedCharacterStyle:"hawaiian"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:true, caseSensitive:true} -
InDesign CC spell check "ignore all" doesn't work
Is anyone having problems with "Ignore All" not working in spell check? I am repeatedly being prompted to check the same word or abbreviation again and again.
Just to be sure it wasn't a result of hidden characters or other variables, I have copied several text frames and spell check prompts for the same terms in both text frames even after clicking "ignore all" for each word the first time through.I too started having this problem just this week.
I use ID to create user's manuals in which a product model number will show up at least 5 times per document. The "Ignore All" button in spell check has always ignored all instances of a product model number until now. I've noticed that "Ignore All" does not work on any repeated words in any of my documents. I'm not sure what has changed that caused "Ignore All" to stop working. -
Issue with spell-check and hyphenated words
Ok, this one's got me stumped. If I type in confidnce-blder as a word, Pages only sees the second word as mispelled; it ignores the first word.
Any one seen this and have a solution?Ok, it turns out it does not find it during the "check spelling while I type" but it does find it if I force a spell-check.
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How Do I Get Spell Checker to Flag Words with Numbers?
Hi,
I cannot find any articles on this, so sorry if it's already been answered elsewhere.
I sometimes accidentally hit a number key when typing words like "you"--so that it becomes "y9ou". The Firefox built-in spell checker does not flag this as a misspelling.
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.
Any help on this?
Thanks!
Don :)Hi, Again,
Thanks for the info. And for a quick reply. ;-)
I checked my current cop0y of LibreOffice (I replaced OpenOffice.org with it several months ago). LibreOffice uses Hunspell as well. I had not checked the boxes to check words with numbers or all-caps as I had previously done in OpenOffice.org, so for all this time I have been thinking it would flag errors in those when it wasn't. Must have made LOTS of mistakes I didn't catch in that time. ;-(
In LibreOffice, go to Tools => Options => Languages => Writing Aids. You can choose to enable spelling and grammar checking (not sure what the grammar checker oes, since it was already enabled but I have never seen any evidence of it). The below that is a section of checkboxes where you can specify what is and is not flagged by the spell checker. I checked the words with numbers and capital letters choices. So now it will catch all the acronyms I haven't added to the spell checker dictionary.
I was looking for the same sort of choice in Firefox but didn't see it. Perhaps there is an API in Hnnspell the Firefox developers can use to add this choice as a checkbox, the way it is in LibreOffice.
I realize this may be perceived as a low priority, but I would certainly appreciate seeing it in a future update of Firefox. At least making this post helped me get the settings i wanted in my word processor.
Take care and God bless.
Don :) -
Why does Apple charge for spell check while MS Word offers it for free?
I have been using MS Office for Mac until recently when I could not open PowerPoint files sent to me. I bought iWork '08 to remedy that and right after I installed it, Spell Catcher said my trial period was up and that I could buy it. Of course, I'm NOT going to buy it! I tried running a spell check in Pages but it did not pick up on all of my purposely misspelled words. Do I really have to PAY for spell checking? I am not impressed with iWork '08!
As a side note: Does anyone notice how difficult it is to get into Discussions recently? Is it beacause of iPhone traffic?Spell Catcher is not something that is installed with iWork as far as I am aware, I have spell check built in to Pages and keynote and I have never seen any mention of "spell catcher"
This is the company that makes SpellCatcher: http://www.rainmakerinc.com/
They are not affiliated with Apple. In fact, No development has occurred since last year. -
CS6 Spell Check flags every word.
Hello,
My ID has recently started flagging every word when doing spell check. I uninstalled and reinstalled but it's still doing it. I have tried turning on and off preferences and selecting different vendor dictionaries but no luck. I have no clue how to create a new dictionary or to select a different one. If I try to "relink" the current one everything is grayed out. Please help! I'm spending so much time trying to research this and getting nowhere! Thanks!KHCAP wrote:
Hello,
I have tried turning on and off preferences and selecting different vendor dictionaries but no luck. I have no clue how to create a new dictionary or to select a different one.
This is a common point of confusion for many users (including me for a few years). The Dictionary settings in your presfs have nothing to do with spell checking directly. What they are is a means for you to choose which dictionary to use for each language, if more than one dictionary happens to be installed for that language. that dictionary is then used to decide if words are spelled correctly and to set hyphenation rules, but the language is actually set at the character level, as Manish mentioned above.
ID looks at the language assigned to the text, then uses the dictionary assigned by your prefs to do the checking. If the assigned language doesn't match the actual language, most words will inevitably be considered misspelled. If you, for example have an English localized version of ID, but mostly type in French, you probably would want to set French as the default language. To do that you would set it from the language dropdown in either the Character or Control panel with no files open, and it will be effective for all new work.
Existing files are more of a problem. You can reset the default for each document in the same way, but exiting text will retain whatever language is currently assigned, whether is it is correct or not. You can use Find/Change to reassign any language you like to the entire document on a language-by-language basis by choosing the language that is mis-assigned in the Advanced Character Formatting section for the Find Format settings and then choosing the correct language in the Change Formatting section. For that you don't need to enter anything at all in either the find or change fileds in the dialog. Te assign a single language to all the text in a file, regardless of how many languages may be in use, enter .+ in the GREP find field, then set the language of your choice in the change Formatting as above. As long as something is entered into the Change Formatting section, you can leave the change field itself blank. Although the text won't change when you reassign a language, if may reflow. This is due to different hyphenation rules among the various languages.
Though we often suggest replacing preferences here when things misbehave, this is one situation where it may actually make things worse. If you set a custom language different from your localization, resetting the prefs would remove that special language and you'll have to re-enter it manually. -
Why does gmail spell check highlight partial words?
I recently received the latest version of Firefox for my Windows XP desktop computer. Since that time, when I type e-mails the spell check puts a wiggly red line under parts of a word. When I click to spell check the entire e-mail, parts of correctly spelled words are highlighted in yellow and the dictionary tries to provide spellings for these highlighted parts of each word. I have gone into Firefox options and unchecked the box for spell checking as I type. That did not help. What can I do to fix this problem?
Hi,
You can update Firefox via '''Help''' ('''Alt''' + '''H''') > '''About Firefox''', or from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/update/ Updating]
If you're using an add-on, you can try to '''Disable''' it in '''Tools''' ('''Alt''' + '''T''') > '''Add-ons''' > '''Extensions'''. Please note that Gmail has a spell check function, so if the problem persists, you may have to disable the Gmail spell check. The [https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/gmail Gmail support] would also be helpful.
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20extensions%20with%20Firefox Using extensions] -
Suggestion for Spell Check - add the word 'Texting' to the dictionary! XP
Just an interesting thing encountered with spell check on this site - it doesn't have the word 'Texting' in the dictionary! XP
You can click on the button "learn" in the spell check dialog box.
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Safari 5.1 spell check- ignore button kicks out of e-mail
Using Safari 5.1. When I use spell check and use the ignore button it logs me out. I use
Office Outlook Web Acces for company e-mails. Also while writting this question tried using
spell check and click ignore button, it also kick me from the discussion group. Went back to using
5.0.3 and works fine. Some one at Apple needs to fix the many spell check problems......Try troubleshooting the Safari .plist file.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences. Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, move the .plist file to the Trash.
~ (Tilde) character represents your Home folder.
And check Safari / Preferences - Extensions. If you have any installed, turn that off, quit then relaunch Safari to test. -
UK spell checker - correct 1 word and the other marked errors dissapear
I use the UK spell checker quite often a few red marked errors appear during typing an e-mail. When I fix one the other marked text are unmarked. Pressing the spell check button just brings up the message you are using a spell as you go bla bla. The problem stared a few weeks ago.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Some weeks agoHow do you mean "don't know what software I'm using?"
If the phenomenon occurs across most apps that are word intensive, then it appears not to be tied to any one.
Something is recognizing a problem not there & "correcting" it, because I can see it happen & its not all due to operator error typos.
I gather there's predominantly one spell checker engine across most applications, not one for each, if the symptoms are broad. IF that can be pinned on a "spellcheck" function. It isn't strictly a spellcheck.
"Substitutions" yes is more accurate than calling it true spellchecking & I might be rmisrepresenting the phenomenon to call it that.
Whatever is causing it, is learning & auto-correcting words that were may or may not be wrong. 2 letter pairs is mostly what happens. Or a capitalization of the 2nd letter in a word, to match the first letter: "IT" paired at the beginning of a sentence is a common manifestation.
I can't find anything that could be left from an uninstalled test driven application.
Your pointing to "Language & Text" may be valuable. The "ie" & "ei" substitutions are fairly common & German was one of the language options turned on, along with French & Italian – although I'm not sure what that panel even controls. I'm removing all options except English.
I haven't seen a lot about this kind of thing on here, so I am assuming that its rare & likely something not part of the Apple suite of applications. I'm simply trying to narrow down what's going on. -
Is there a spell check for key wording?
New to Bridge I wonder if I could use an English dictionary and add English transliteration of foreign names (Thai)
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http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/keyboard.html
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