spell check?

[anglesmith]

I have been posting on GG a bit lately, why is it that they have spell check and we don't?  I know y'all are better spellers than me, but it might help my "American" english??
Graeme

[Papaw]

There is a spell check of sorts. When you misspell a word there should appear a red squiggly line under the word. Then you can correct it. This software is different from bigger forums in that regard. It is free software without the frills of Vbulletin. You should also be able to use a spell check program from your own computer to do the job.

[amertrac]

get a google tool bar. They have spellcheck and easy search  right on top of your screen  bob w.

[Branson]

I have been posting on GG a bit lately, why is it that they have spell check and we don't?  I know y'all are better spellers than me, but it might help my "American" english??
Graeme

Good luck on American English spellings. "Kerb" and "tyre" won't make the grade, and none of the suggestions mention either curb or tire. Neither will plough give you the suggestion of "plow."  Plow, at least, came as part of the American revolutionary spirit -- a deliberately different spelling meant to distinguish between us and them Englishers.   Aluminium  will suggest aluminum, which entered American English as a misspelling originally (no other language spells it "aluminum".

[rusty]

It is funny you mention plow/plough, I was looking through the early patent indexes yesterday, and it's funny, the patents use one spelling in the original patent, and the index uses the other spelling...I suppose the 1830's - 1860's era was the transition point...

[amertrac]

I have two reasons to use spell check
  1 my spelling is not my best ability
  2 my fingers are size 10  and the keys are size 4
   bob w.

[anglesmith]

Papaw, Thanks all for the responses.
What I was trying to find out is that both GG and Tool Talk seem (to me) to use the same basic forum program. With their quick reply there is a spell check box along side the preview box, which we haven't got and I just wondered "why it was so" ? It's no big deal I'm still going to post my two bob's worth with or with out spell check an old fashioned dictionary still works!  My biggest problem is posting photos and scans, but that is another story.
Thanks for a GREAT site and all the work you put in.
Graeme

[rusty]

papaw needs to check a little box...

"Posts and topics --> Enable spell check  "

-P

[Papaw]

I just went and did that. It still just shows me a red squiggly line under a misspelled word, just like before.

[rusty]

hmm, but now at the bottom under the text window I have

[Post][Preview][Spell Check]

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[anglesmith]

Thank you. Isn't modern technology marvelous! I thought "we could have what they were having," to slightly adjust a phrase from a old movie.
Graeme

[Papaw]

I guess because it worked for me, I didn't know it didn't work for everyone.
remember, I'm just an old fart that tries to hold the ship on course, not a computer guru.

[anglesmith]

The Cruise Ship Tool Talk!  Aye aye Captain, keep up the good work, steady as she goes Sir!
Graeme