How to add Spell Checking to your Firefox browser

Whenever I write something in a browser, I always catch myself Copy and Pasting the clip into a new email or MS Word document to give it a good thorough spell checking.

No doubt, my writing requires a good spell checker…

Over on the right, you see a Check Spelling selection in a drop down menu. This is what I see when I right-click (Control-click for Mac users) a text area or form field from within my Firefox browser.

Quick-Start
If you have installed Firefox extensions before, then this will be a cinch for you. Just click the following link and you are on your way.

SpellBound - Spellchecker for Firefox and the Mozilla Suite

More Detail
However, if you would like some more details on how to install a Firefox extension, then please read on…
Finding Firefox Extensions
Typically, the easiest way to find the latest extensions for Firefox is to use the Extension Tool from the FireFox Top Menu. When you select Tools>Extensions and you will see something like this:

However, I will save you this step for now and give you a direct link. However, in the future, I highly recommend browsing the extensions available. Some of them can be extremely valuable!

Go directly to the installation page for the Spell Checker Firefox Extension and follow the directions for installation of the Spell Checker extension on your platform.

Important: When you attempt to install any extension, you will be greeted by a screen like the following one. Simply click Install Now.

Restart Firefox
After you install the Extension, you will need to completely restart your FireFox browser. This means going to the top menu and selecting Quit Firefox, waiting for the program to completely exit, then restart Firefox. This will reload any extensions you may have installed.

You’re done!
After you restart your browser, load a page that has a form with a text entry area. Type some text into the form textarea, then Right-click (Control-click) and you should see something like the first screen shot in this entry.

Go ahead and select Check Spelling and you will see something like this screen shot.

From this screen, you can Replace or Ignore and even teach your dictionary new words that may be specific to your industry or habits.

I hope this helps you get Spell Checking installing into your FireFox Browser!

Jan 5, 2007 Update: Firefox 2.0 includes built-in spell checking and the above is now obsolete.

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