On 12/09/11 13:04, g wrote:
> On 09/12/2011 04:17 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> On 12/09/11 11:30, Ian Pilcher wrote:
>>> On 09/12/2011 07:53 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>> I can spell fairly well but I am a lousy typist and
>>>> frequently mistype words, mostly transpose letters or drop
>>>> one. The spellchecker with Thunderbird 6.0 seems worse than
>>>> ever, the suggestions it lists are frequently bizarre. Has
>>>> anyone else observed this and hopefully found an alternative?
>>> ... or a way to make it do U.S. English, rather than U.K.
>>>
>> No, as I said, I can spell and I know the difference. It is set
>> to "American." It simply make poor chives [choices, I dropped
>> the O, not the best example] and often completely misses the
>> mark! Perhaps I should set it to UK English and make corrections
>> where required?
> one wants normal words, other wants u.s. english. neither tells v/r.
>
> using "version 2.0.0.24 (20110906)", when i;
>
> "edit> preferences> composition> spelling"
>
> i see near middle of window;
>
> Languages: English/United States ^v
>
> Download More Dictionaries
>
>
> does that help?
>
I don't know what version I had originally but that offers me
the one I downloaded/installed this morning which was probably
the same thing I began with.
It seems to me the spellcheckers in earlier Thunderbird versions
caused me less grief. Perhaps I have improved things with the
most recent effort, but I still have doubt. I'll wait and see..
Bob
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