wouldn't it be nice?????

I agree Alistair. A spellchecker would be nice.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

I agree to. That’s why I can’t use the bigger words when I’m complementing someone’s project, can’t spell them. Now a smiling face should go right there.

-- Janice

you got my vote! (smiley face)!

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

I have this.
It checks spelling in any forum that your typing in.
It’s a free download. I have had it for over a year and not had any trouble with it at all.

I can’t help with the smiley faces though. :)

Firefox and Google Chrome already do spell checking on all text entry boxes (they are both much safer to use than IE as well)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

bentlyj ’s deal looks good ,
i got it in my mac already ,
it works great !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

You may have noticed my post Topamax typing and spelling is the pits. The easiest way to do it is compose in Word, spell check, then copy and paste :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I agree with janice—those big words are tough, even for a college gaduate(I had 4 years a 100 years ago)lol

I belong to another forum and they have smiley faces of all types—sad, happy, mad, sunglasses—well you get the pixs—oooops—picture!!! I hate having to have a dictionary right here all the time, but if I can’t pronounce, I can’t look it up !!!!!!!!!!!

-- Remember--- one good turn-- gets most of the blanket!!!!

Alistair,

As Damian said, Firefox and Google Chrome both have built in spell checkers. They are both also less likely to be the source of hackers getting into you computer. And best of all, they are FREE!! My personal favorite is Firefox but Chrome is great, too. Give them a try. They can be run on your computer at the same time as Internet Explorer so if you find you don’t like them, your can remove them and revert back to IE.

Lew

Another vote for Firefox, Alistair. I’m a pretty good speller, but it lets me know if I drop a letter or mix-up the i’s and e’s… Smiley faces started with people making their own, those still work… :-)

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

It’s already built in. I’d think Internet Explorer would have one but maybe it doesn’t. Most other browsers do. If you do have one it would be under ‘edit’ in the menu bar.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://web.me.com/deceiver6/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

To me reading through a bunch of happy faces, dogs ,cats,or whatever drives me crazy. I always need the spell check. I use googles’

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Ditto on the comments about Firefox and Google Chrome. Firefox has great features… Chrome is no-frills but lightning fast. Both do spell check automatically.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Internet Explorer doesn’t have one i have ever found.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Spellcheckers have over the years have proven to have little or no effect.
People still screw up the King’s language. Many wrong words are are spelled correctly.

Simply witness this board…sorry my friends, it’s not all posters just enough to make it a sad, ugly fact.

If one does not take time to carefully post to supposedly an important audience and friends, one seemingly does not take time to do a good job—the right job—on their woodworking projects.

By all and any means…if any smiley crap cartoons appears or allowed here I’m gone.
(To some that may be a good thing).

A sidebar: We certainly, and we suspect many others, have never had a problem with any of the OP’s “wobbly hand movements.”
Interesting to note post ended with a LOL, meaning forget everything.

I know a good many folks who are brilliant by any measure, yet who cannot spell well. I also know some very good spellers who are absolute morons in most other ways. A persons’ spelling or lack thereof cannot and does not correlate, in my humble opinion, to their woodworking ability.

I do not vote for the smiley faces myself. I, however, have no problem is they end up on this site and people use them. I might even use them myself from time to time. But I do not think they are necessary.

Neither do I think ending a post with “LOL” means forget everything. I think it means what it means – he’s making light of his wobbly hand movements, which is perfectly alright in my book.

Just my two cents.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

damian is right. firefox will solve your problem. it will also make the rest of your browing experience far better.

Dittos here my friend. Spellchecker and smiley’s.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Scotsman,

I’ve not noticed a problem with your posts.

-- Father of two sons. Both Eagle Scouts.

I HAVE A SPELL CHECKER

I have a spelling checker, It came with my PC.
It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I cannot sea.

I’ve run this poem threw it,
I’m sure your please too no,
It’s letter perfect in it’s weigh; My checker tolled me sew.

-- Fred, Springfield, Ma

That’s the way it is, huh, Fred? :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Download Google toolbar and it has spell check on it. Works great.

-- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines! Mike D.

If you use internet explorer you can download this

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

It would be even nicer if the text was a point ot 2 larger and in black rather tahn this greyish color.
Us older dudes have problems with seeing it against a white back ground and in my case with fading eyesight it is a real bear.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

That’s one reason I click to bold print, like this.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

I’m with you, Bob2, and Dick and Barb: Make the letters BIGGER AND DARKER!!! My glasses need glasses!

Forget the smiley face junk, and get on with the serious stuff!!!

-- Remember--- one good turn-- gets most of the blanket!!!!

I keep a good dictionary by my side and whenever in doubt verify the spelling. This practice will refresh your habit of using the dictionary and you are less likely to make the same spelling mistakes again and again. Using spell check is like using a calculator for simple arithmetic calculations and will blunt your capacity to do them mentally. There are some simple rules(with exceptions) to remember e.g. the words like practise, advise, devise when used as noun are spelt as practice advice, and device. Alistair, your mistakes are typographic because of your limitations and we accept them.
Sharad

-- patanjali

If you use Internet Expolrer, go to view, the dorp down menu with have text size to make it bigger

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

i use Google chrome and its spell checker works ok but it spells in american not English so it always confuses me

Hooky
(from down under where English is used)

how funny my spell checker made me put capitals on English but not on american

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

Google spell check works great for everywhere you go on the net .

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Ctrl + Scroll Wheel up makes text bigger in all major browsers.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

@hooky – In chrome go to options > under the hood > change font & language settings > languages and move English above English (United States) so it spells thing the proper way.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

I’d rather not have a spell checker. The last thing I need is a machine pointing out my inadequacies … I’ve got plenty of people to do that. ;-)

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I did not realize Chrome had an auto spell checker. No wonder some times spell check works when posting here and some times it does not…it was the browser I was using!

Now if someone would just develop a “measurecheck” for tape measures and rules… Maybe it could even talk, “Hey dumby, that is suppose to be 3 1/4”, not 3 1/8”!”

-- James - What's your excuse this time??

wots rong wif de way eye spel ?
efree won can reed wot I ryte.
hoo kneeds a spel cheker?

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

We’d like to know for sure, if you ”shot” yourself or just ”Sh_t”.
Each of these little symbols tells a story. <g>

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

My problems are not of intellectual weakness but of fingers not going were they are supposed to actually I’m just a bit past my sell by date and should be rendered down for carbolic soap. Seriously I am losing weight and only eating one meal a day now nothing else but maybe soft drinks or coffee and it’s working good so far I have lost since christmas about 42 pounds so keep me encouraged bonny boys and girls your old uncle alistair might live a little longer than expected if I do good.It’s not easy though and in the evenings I chew the sleeve half off my sweater.LOL god bless my friends here and thanks for your encouragement.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Alistair
Of all the post i’ve read that you have posted… I have not detected that you have a problem. I mean that in a sincere way. Even though you have made us aware of it. There are so many LJ’s that type reall funny… or have bad punctuation or a bad scense of composition,... It does not matter…. Not here…. we all speak and type the same language….
we all understand one another.. That’s the most important thing…
Always looking forward to your posts.. Irrespective….

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

Damian thanks for helping me set the default to English English

now is there any tool for helping my rusty typing
(I used to be able to type 40 words a minute)

Hooky

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

If your fingers get sore, checkout this typing aid I made for Barb.

She’s lost without it. She can go 60 miles an hour with it.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Dick this is a brilliant idea for those with arthritis

my problem is im out of practice

one of the down sides of giving up my clerical job and becoming an apprentice cabinet maker

Hooky

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

Hooky,

You have a choice, would you like to be a better typist, or a cabinetmaker?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Firefox has a built in spell checker.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

“Firefox has a built in spell checker.”
But no linkage to e-mail software. So if I needed to send you this page for instance I am at an immediate disadvantage.
Not picking sides but microsoftie has the hammer on this one.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I’m with aol and don’t use firefox and google well I think I might as welll cut and paste things into a word package and check it and return it to the topic I am working on.That takes alot of time and quite frankly I get too lazy or tired to do this each time so please put up with me alot lomger .Alistaior p.s Ottoman and others thanks for encouragement and kind support

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

ok dick you win. A better cabinet maker every time

going to work is just like pottering around in my shed

i think i could easily do that till i hit retirement age in 20 years

Hooky

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

actually there is a sister program to firefox for email… it’s called Thunderbird, and it as well has a built in spell checker.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy