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Mozilla’s Thunderbird has the ability to spell check your emails – However before this feature will work you need to download and enable your dictionary.

Firstly you must locate and download the dictionary of your choice. One of the easiest ways to do this is by using the link provided in options – to find this link click Tools > Options, within the options click on the Composition tab. You will see a blue hyperlink Download More Dictionaries which will tkae you to an official Mozilla webpage where you can find many different dictionaries.

After downloading the dictionary of choice, run the .xpi file using Mozilla Thunderbird inorder to install the dictionary.

Mozilla Thunderbird Dictionary

Next back on the composition tab enable the Enable spell check as you type. If you have installed your dictionary correctly then you should be able to select your dictionary from the drop-down box provided. Note: If you haven’t installed a dictionary the drop-down will contain no items!

If you are having trouble installing your dictionary you can try to install the add-on by going to Tools > Add-ons and then click the Install button. Browse to the .xpi file you just downloaded and click Open, this will install the dictionary.

In addition you can also enable the option to Check spelling before sending an email, however be aware this will spell check the entire email including previous replies.

In Mozilla Firefox the default spell checking function only checks for multi-line text boxes. However it is also possible to get Firefox to spell-check single line text boxes.

This option doesn’t appear in the standard Tools and Options so we’re going to edit some hidden firefox preferences. To do this open the Mozilla Firefox browser and enter about:config into the url bar at the top of the screen, then press enter.

If this is the first time you have been to these preferences you will receive a security warning promting you before going further – aslong as you promise to be careful you can continue!

Lots of options… lets make use of the filter provided to find the right one. You should see a flashing indicator in a textfield called Filter: at the top of your screen. Type spellcheckd into the Filter: textfield and that should narrow us down to just the one option as show below.

Mozilla Firefox Spellcheck All Fields

Double-clicking on the field lets you change the value. By default the value is set to 1

Selecting one of the following values will provide the following behaviour…

Disable spell checker
Specll check multi-line text boxes only (default)
Spell check all text boxes

Choose the option which is right for you and then close the about:config tab.

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Make Mozilla Thunderbird spell check emails

Mozilla Firefox spell check all text fields