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brainchild2b · Apr 26, 2003, 03:51 PM

I just noticed this, it's a feature that Microsoft Word has that I always wanted to be built into Mac OS.

Mispell a word in iChat, right click on it and options to replace the misspelled word are right in the popup menu :-)

Yeah!!! don't have to open spell check anymore.

::maroma:: · Apr 26, 2003, 04:31 PM

I'm almost positive that this was available in at least 10.2.4. Could be wrong though. Great feature!

biscool · Apr 26, 2003, 04:45 PM

Its been there for a while...

Powaqqatsi · Apr 26, 2003, 04:59 PM

it has always been there

Webscreamer · Apr 26, 2003, 05:56 PM

Its had been in there for a long long time... mb even before 10.2. maybe

chris v · Apr 26, 2003, 06:05 PM

Well, there's one to add to the "things I didn't know about OS X" thread... Works in Text Edit and Safari, too. Why didn't anybody tell me about this a year ago?

Good find.

CV

iJed · Apr 27, 2003, 10:59 AM

You get this for free in Cocoa apps. I'm sure it was around in 10.1 too. Maybe even 10.0 but I can't really remember.

InstantGl�ck · Apr 27, 2003, 11:12 AM

It was there in 10.0, but just American English. I was very happy with 10.1, cause there was a update, with new Languages, Spanish, German, French? and British English (the real one)
You can Spell as you Type too.

coolmacdude · Apr 27, 2003, 11:13 AM

I find it most useful in Mail.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Apr 27, 2003, 12:33 PM

That was in iChat 1.0 and it even checks spelling as you type.

brainchild2b · Jul 22, 2003, 08:50 AM

NO, not that. Maybe it's an application I installed. In good apps when I misspell a word I can right click and right in the contextual menu is the proper spelling that I can select. For example if I spell "automobil" and right click on it the first item in the contextual menu will be "automobile".

What did I install? I want to install this at work!

waffffffle · Jul 22, 2003, 08:57 AM

This is built into the OS. Any application that can "check spelling as you type" can also offer suggestions when you right click on the word. This has been here since the Public Beta 3 years ago.

Cipher13 · Jul 22, 2003, 09:01 AM

I'm sure I've *always* used this feature in OS X...

cpac · Jul 22, 2003, 09:09 AM

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
NO, not that. Maybe it's an application I installed. In good apps when I misspell a word I can right click and right in the contextual menu is the proper spelling that I can select. For example if I spell "automobil" and right click on it the first item in the contextual menu will be "automobile".

What did I install? I want to install this at work!

it's just the built in spell checker that's been in every public release of OS X.

brainchild2b · Jul 22, 2003, 09:18 AM

Okay then how do I get it working again in textedit? Check as you type is on? It doesn't seem to do it on my work machine or any other OS X box i use. Only on my machine at home

midwinter · Jul 22, 2003, 09:18 AM

The big difference in 10.2 with this was that the spell checker would catch "teh." Other than that, everyone's right. This has been there since 10.0

brainchild2b · Jul 22, 2003, 09:20 AM

I figured it out I had to trash some plists. thanks guys!

[APi]TheMan · 11:04 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
I'm sure I've *always* used this feature in OS X...

Amen. I'm pretty sure I've used this ever since I made the switch to OSX three years ago.

And good god, man, what happened to your post count? Looks like you lost 4000 or so posts over night... Yikes.

edit: Forgot to address main point of thread. Yes, the built-in spell check is awesome!! I love using it in iChat and Adium. I even open up TextEdit in one bounce or so and type words that I'm unsure of their spelling. It's a nice addition to X.

BGK · Jul 22, 2003, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by InstantGl�ck:
You can Spell as you Type too.

what do you mean by this?

keston · Jul 22, 2003, 02:13 PM

Has anyone noticed Mac OS X can't spell "don't".

Spell it as "dont", and it will let it pass without correcting or flagging it.

theory · Jul 24, 2003, 06:43 PM

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
I just noticed this, it's a feature that Microsoft Word has that I always wanted to be built into Mac OS.

Mispell a word in iChat, right click on it and options to replace the misspelled word are right in the popup menu :-)

Yeah!!! don't have to open spell check anymore.

It has been there since Puma (10.0) may be
even in the public beta, can't remember though.

waffffffle · Jul 24, 2003, 09:28 PM

In the Public Beta it displayed words in red as opposed to underlining the word in red. And yes I think spell checking didn't check words 3 letters and shorter until 10.2.

derbs · Jul 25, 2003, 08:38 AM

It's been in safari for as long as i can remember. Try right-clicking on the word 'Google' in the google search bar. They don't seem to have put google into the dictionary

Mediaman_12 · 10:02 AM

If you have been using MS and other porly coded carbon apps you wouldn't notice this cool feaure, and it hasn't always been in Safari. It wasn't in the first beta at all, in the seccond you could enable it using the debug menu, but 'check as you type' didn't stick, and it kept not sticking right up until the final.

mike one · Jul 25, 2003, 10:15 AM

i use eudora 5.? native, don't know if it is a cocoa app, had this feature for awhile.

guess i never noticed this in other apps (i.e. text edit).... cool.

Bohemia · Jul 25, 2003, 11:59 AM

That�s a neat feature, but why doesn't it support more languages?
When I write in norwegian, all my text becomes underlined with red dots.

Yes I know I can turn it off but only until the next time I open the document.