Do you use the spellcheck feature before submitting a post?

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I'm just curious how many people use the spell check feature before submitting their posts.

I do sometimes and should use it more often than I do.
I tend to type fast and make a lot of typos.
 

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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

I'm just curious how many people use the spell check feature before submitting their posts.

I do sometimes and should use it more often than I do.
I tend to type fast and make a lot of typos.
I try to, but sometimes I don't.
 

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Firefox will underline most of my misspelled words, so then I'll correct them. Otherwise I pretty much use the "Quick Reply" option and not the checker provided by the forums.
 
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Originally Posted by Pookie-poo

I'd use it all the time, if I knew where it was!!!
Which browser do you use?

Do you see the checkmark with ABC in the upper right-hand corner above where you type?
 

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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

I'm just curious how many people use the spell check feature before submitting their posts.

I do sometimes and should use it more often than I do.
I tend to type fast and make a lot of typos.
No, but I do use Preview Post to try and stay out of trouble.

I was hoping that by the title of your post that perhaps an integrated spell checker was in the works for TCS.
 

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Originally Posted by lunasmom

Firefox will underline most of my misspelled words, so then I'll correct them. Otherwise I pretty much use the "Quick Reply" option and not the checker provided by the forums.
I also depend on Firefox. It drives me nuts when words are misspelled.
 

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If Firefox highlights a mispelled word I change it, but I don't deliberately go checking for spelling mistakes.
 

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It's not available with Opera but I did use it with IE. Now IE crashes all the time. I do miss it.
 

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Never! In my experience, spellcheckers cause many, many more errors than they ever fix. Nothing beats the human brain!
 

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...my answer was NOT....
and for sure I´ll be the person who most misspells has on the site.....
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