Spellcheck

[ArneSParticipant @arnes]

Having just joined this site I was surprised to find that there is no spellcheck facility when a post is written.

I will confess to making mistakes when typing and need to check everything before posting.  Mistakes can easily get past my proof reading, I would not like to confuse or even mislead people with such errors.

Could a spellchecker be added to this site?

ArneS

[ArneSParticipant @arnes]

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

A spellchecker is already on the list of requested improvements but I don’t expect immediate action as priority is being given to systems development elsewhere on the MyHobbyStore site at the moment. In the meantime I’m afraid you will have to be careful or run your post through a wordprocessing package before putting it up.

 

Colin

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

I aperat to hav a spel cheker on our  cuirent ACE NOTEBOOK, it undrlines werds incorectly spelt as i go alomg, seems to werk ok for me ?? Ashlee

[ArneSParticipant @arnes]

Mr Needham,

I assume that this is intended to be humour.  It would greatly assist me if in future you were to indentify such posts with a suitable prefix such as (JOKE) although I would be inclined to include a question mark in the prefix.

ArneS

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Humour on this site is generally recognised as such by persons WITH a sense of humour, I will post no more,   Mr Needham

 

But there again, the notebook has underlined the word “humour”  AND  “recognised” and when I ask it what the correct spellings are, it spells them in “Americese” , so you have to be a bit careful

[Rick FryerParticipant @rickfryer11539]

I have a spelling chequer.
It game wit my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in its weigh.

My chequer tolled me sew. 

 

Rick

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

When I am posting on this forum there is a spell checker working. How come? Or what are you guys on? I don’t get it.

David.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

David. Perhaps it is our P.C doing this, as I can see where Arne is coming from, there isn’t a drop-down or button to spell check  ??   Ashley

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

Hi Ashley, I agree that there is no drop-down or button, but it just automatically spell checks me anyway. May be it recognises that I am a needy case and require the help

David.

[The Long BuildParticipant @thelongbuild]

I aperat to hav a spel cheker on our  cuirent ACE NOTEBOOK, it undrlines werds incorectly spelt as i go alomg, seems to werk ok for me ?? Ashlee

 

Ashleyy , I found it ammusing , seems to me of late that a few New forum members are a bit picky or have nothing better to do than nitpick at some posts.

[ArneSParticipant @arnes]

Far from it Mr Long Build.

I have too little free time.  If there is a clique who regard this public forum as a stage to display their “humour” then can I suggest that they restrict its use to themselves not people whom they have never met.  Even better, add a “Humour” section to this site for their sole use.

Humour, used as an interupted defence mechanism or not, is often very revealing as to a persons character.  Used on a total stranger, humour carries serious risk of offence or worse.  Fortunately this is rarely a problem for those with limited social interactions.

ArneS

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Wow !

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

So after all that, why is it that the site spell checks for some people and not others? still curious.

David.

PS. Laughing is good for the health.

[The Long BuildParticipant @thelongbuild]

Well I enjoy a bit of humour in posts, and I to have little free time , but taking a nano second in reading the condemed  post is not going to really upset my schedule.

 

as regads spell check (if the 2nd word in is still wrong I’m not privileged).

 

 

Note to myself

“Must give Sir Fred a ring , maybe he could lend us a couple of pounds .”

[The Long BuildParticipant @thelongbuild]

See if the spell checker can sort this out.. But I bet in most cases you can probably read it…

 

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the
frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid
deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

All has been revealed to me.

I was discussing this thread with my wife over breakfast this morning and we were having a chuckle thinking theirs non so strange as folks, when she came up with the thought that we are using Firefox as a browser on the computer and she has loaded spell check onto it, so that everything everything that you type while on the internet gets spell checked. Pretty handy eh.

She is not sure if Microsoft outlook has that ability.

 

David.

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not have an inbuilt spell checker at the moment but apparently you can get free plug ins so maybe that is the way to go.

 

Colin

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

well, i finally found why everything was blurd.

it wasn’t you lot talking drivel all the time……it was me needing glasses to fix my vertigo, so that i could see straight, and the smaller print,

so, it’s back into the fray.

now where should i start.

oh yes, mr arnes.

i’d lighten up a little if you want to be a member of this mad house. calling us all social inadequates because we like to add a little humour in this otherwise glum world of ours, just won’t make ANY friends at all, at all.

[Rick FryerParticipant @rickfryer11539]

David,

 

I use Firefox too. Can you tell me how to install the spell checker?

 

Rick

[David MeierParticipant @davidmeier28154]

Hi Rick. Luckily for you I married Alison, because I am hopeless with computers. Here she is.

 

 Hi Rick. If you go to this site,

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3366

 you can download the British English dictionary. Firefox should simply install this, but you may need to restart the browser to get it activated.

 

Another very helpful add-on is  the image zoomer. You simply right-click on any web image and you can control the zoom level of the image only, rather than the whole page, as you do when you use the Control-Scroll thing. Here is the URL for the Image Zoom.

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/139

 

Best of luck and if you have any problems loading them, just let David know and he can consult his specialist.

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

 

Joke (this is a prefix Ashley)

I would be proud to be included within the ranks of the clique whose humour so upsets ArneS.

And in the spirit of the merry band of jockulators I have added a humour button to my keyboard and shall press it as often as I press my spellchecker and I dont missspell anything?

So, and only if your wit permits, I would suggest that if you don’t like the humour you should stay out of the club. But perhaps this is a bit deep for someone who must get out of his depth on a damp pavement.

 

Other members might like to use the ignore member button instead of the missing spellchecker

Paul

 

Neil its nice to have you back again.

 

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Chaps

I think we should put this little unpleasant  incident to one side now and forget that it happened in the first place!

 

We should allow ArneS a chance for a fresh start……………and welcome Arne to the website with genuine friendliness? …………I don`t like to read unpleasant mail.

 

Hello Arne!

 

Let`s start again and welcome you to the website, I don`t think we`ve had mail from Iceland before. I suppose you`re snowed in where you live and have plenty of spare time on your hands?

 

 Tell us what your interests are and if possible a few pictures?

 

Regards…………….Bob Abell

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

cheers, Paul.

 

[Rick FryerParticipant @rickfryer11539]

Thanks David – both programs installed and working.  Particularly impressed with the zoomer. Also the fact that the spell-checker, having queried “zoomer” has allowed me to add it to my dictionary.

 

Thanks again

 

Rick

 

 

 

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