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Title: Thunderbird spellchecker
Post by: wilcoxon on Monday 31 March 25 13:46 BST (UK)

I have installed Thunderbird email on my laptop running Windows 10.
I have checked the settings but spellchecker doesn't work.
Can anyone help please.

Title: Re: Thunderbird spellchecker
Post by: LizzieW on Monday 31 March 25 14:51 BST (UK)

If you open an email to send to someone, you'll see options at the top.  Click on that and click on "Spell check as you type".  All it does is underlines in red,  words that are spelt wrongly.  If you click on the underlined words it shows alternative spellings.  Beware it seems to be an American spell check, so when it underlines word spelt correctly in English but not American, you can click on the word and then click on "add to dictionary" that way it remembers the correct English spelling.  There is a way of adding an English dictionary but I haven't bothered.

Title: Re: Thunderbird spellchecker
Post by: wilcoxon on Monday 31 March 25 18:42 BST (UK)

Thanks but that doesn't happen.
  I have entered that in the settings as well. 🤔  Do I have to download a dictionary .
I can see 2 English options , only one is marked British.
At the side of that it has a Language Pack download.
Why are things so complicated 🙄

Title: Re: Thunderbird spellchecker
Post by: LizzieW on Monday 31 March 25 19:11 BST (UK)

Sorry that doesn't work.  I've had Thunderbird for many years now and when I change PCs, I just download it again and all my settings are there - as if by magic.  ;D

I guess you could try downloading the British dictionary, and the language pack.  Maybe I did that all those years ago.

Alternatively, you could contact Thunderbird, click on Help, then Get Help and it takes you to a Thunderbird Support.  I use gmail for my emails and Thunderbird works well with that

Title: Re: Thunderbird spellchecker
Post by: AngusMcCoatup on Monday 31 March 25 19:15 BST (UK)

Went to check my Thunderbird setup (v128.8.1) as I do not remember seeing any typos or spelling mistakes highlighted when I was writing/replying to a message even though I was convinced I had downloaded and installed an English language dictionary.

Downloaded (again) the language pack and then checked I have the "British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)" add-on as well. Closed Thunderbird and restarted it.

And as per original reply, make sure the "Spell Check as you type" is enabled.

Guessing the dictionary got lost/detached during a previous version upgrade or something, but all seems to be OK now.

Title: Re: Thunderbird spellchecker
Post by: wilcoxon on Tuesday 01 April 25 19:55 BST (UK)

Thanks everyone.  It's working now, I didn't have to download anything so it must have just decided to play nice. 😁