spell checker

[chris leeds]

I've been playing with various web concoctions. more and more they involve
adding stuff through textareas on forms.
we've all seen the html editors that you can replace a text box with but
I've always wanted a spell checker. there are a few but it doesn't look
easy to implement.

I just came across this:
http://www.iespell.com/
it's a browser based spell checker. Now I don't have to look illiterate
when I type stuff into text boxes!
I'm going to recommend it to my customers for their shopping cart product
submissions, eBay listings, etc.

I wish there was a "live" one that the client machine didn't have to
download and install but I guess that's too much to ask.

cl

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

I've been playing with various web concoctions. more
and more they involve adding stuff through textareas on
forms. we've all seen the html editors that you can
replace a text box with but I've always wanted a spell
checker. there are a few but it doesn't look
easy to implement.

I just came across this:
http://www.iespell.com/
it's a browser based spell checker. Now I don't have to
look illiterate when I type stuff into text boxes!
I'm going to recommend it to my customers for their
shopping cart product submissions, eBay listings, etc.

I wish there was a "live" one that the client machine
didn't have to download and install but I guess that's
too much to ask.

This has been on my IE wish list for a long time.

If you have both the Office spell checker and IE
installed on the same system, adding a right-click option
to check the spelling in a text area box should require
very little code.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
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[Steve Easton]

There's also one here that adds an icon to
the IE toolbar and adds Spell check to
the right click context menu.
Go here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
and look for:
Add spell checker & Button to Internet Explorer

Right side of the page, one third of the way down.

Works great.

 

[chris leeds]

this one requires nothing but a free download and installation.
I've tried it and it's pretty good. still I'd like an html editor/ spell
checker that I could replace the textarea with on any form, then I'd be like
a big-shot. ;-)

 

[chris leeds]

this one does both of those things. It's pretty cool. from what I'm
hearing lately add-ons to IE are going to become a thing of the past.