Spellcheck Question

Arodweb · Post by **Arodweb** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:43 am

Hey guys,

Is there a keyboard shortcut to check your spelling in Adium??

thanks for any help

Post by **bgannin** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:56 am

Edit -> Spelling -> (options) tells us that Cmmd+; will check your spelling and some others. Check that menu for all your options

Arodweb · Post by **Arodweb** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:39 am

Sorry, but i've tried

Edit -> Spelling -> and a window pop ups but i don't see any options

am i missing something?

Lyg · Post by **Lyg** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:07 am

Have a text-inputable window open.

Arodweb · Post by **Arodweb** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:16 am

I'm sorry
i have followed all the directions but i don't see (options) anywhere, forgive me please but i need more help

MBHockey · Post by **MBHockey** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:29 am

Open up a new chat window, the cursor should now be blinking in the text entry box, now go up to Edit --> Spelling and a few options should pop out. I keep it on "Check spelling as you type", where it, um, checks spelling as you type, like a word processing app.

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:30 am

bgannin didn't mean that there was literally something called "(options)"...he was just referring to the three choices that it gives you: Spelling..., Check Spelling, and Check Spelling As You Type. Cmd-semicolon (Check Spelling) checks your spelling if you use it when you're in the text input field. Check Spelling As You Type toggles the option of having it underline (in red, like MS Word does) misspelled words in the text input field.

air__devil · Post by **air__devil** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:36 am

Try having a window open and just pressing "CMD"+":"

That works for me.

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:39 am

air__devil wrote:Try having a window open and just pressing "CMD"+":"

That works for me.

I don't think I've seen that window before in OS X (you have to push Cmd-Shift-; to get it, since a colon is made using the Shift key). I prefer Cmd-; for basic spell-checking.

Post by **bgannin** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:14 am

I prefer check while I type... it annoys me so I learn to spell correctly more often

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:31 am

I like your logic, bgannin...

Arodweb · Post by **Arodweb** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:45 am

thanx for the help guys, but i already knew that .. i think i didn't make my question clear. what i meant was : is there was any CMD to check spelling just with a keystroke? ... i know i can right click and select the correct spelling but i was wondering if there was another way to do it.

thanks for the help

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:57 am

What's wrong with Cmd-semicolon? It goes through and highlights the first misspelled word it comes to. And if you want to make it really easy, just turn on Check Spelling As You Type, so that it automatically underlines misspelled words. What exactly do you want to do?

Arodweb · Post by **Arodweb** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:01 am

FredAkbar wrote:What's wrong with Cmd-semicolon? It goes through and highlights the first misspelled word it comes to. And if you want to make it really easy, just turn on Check Spelling As You Type, so that it automatically underlines misspelled words. What exactly do you want to do?

i guess i'll do what you said, i was just wondering if there was something else i could do.

thanks for the tip

Post by **The_Tick** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:27 am

Arodweb wrote:
FredAkbar wrote:What's wrong with Cmd-semicolon? It goes through and highlights the first misspelled word it comes to. And if you want to make it really easy, just turn on Check Spelling As You Type, so that it automatically underlines misspelled words. What exactly do you want to do?
i guess i'll do what you said, i was just wondering if there was something else i could do.

thanks for the tip

How do you mean?

jareha · Post by **jareha** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:21 am

Slightly different than what Arodweb has asked about, but related to spelling... Could there be a way Adium could force me to review a message before sending when there's a spelling mistake?

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dchoby98 · Post by **dchoby98** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:38 am

Welcome to the forums!

This isn't possible in Adium, but it could be added by, say, a plugin. Someone else could write it... but, we won't be adding it ourselves. It's far too intrusive in general.