How to Change the SpellCheck Settings on the Google Toolbar

Installing the latest version of the Google Toolbar on your Internet Explorer or Firefox Internet browser gives you access to SpellCheck, a spell-checker that is built into the toolbar. This feature will check and correct your spelling in discussion forums, Web-based email programs, Web forms and Intranet applications, and can do it in a dozen different languages. Changing the language you want to use can be done in just a few seconds, and you can also edit your SpellCheck dictionary very easily.

Things You'll Need

• Web Browser: Internet Explorer version 6.0 or Firefox version 2.0
• An Internet connection
• The Google Toolbar
• Operating System: Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 3), or Windows XP

Instructions

Enabling SpellCheck

1. Click the Settings button in Internet Explorer or the Options button in Firefox on the Google Toolbar.

2. Select the Manage option then choose the Features tab in Internet Explorer or choose the Browsing tab in Firefox.

3. Place a check mark in the box beside the SpellCheck option.

4. Click OK to save your changes and exit the window.

Using SpellCheck

1. Enter your text and click the SpellCheck button on the toolbar to check your spelling. Incorrectly spelled words will be highlighted and you can then correct them.

2. Click a highlighted word and select from the displayed options to correct it.

3. Click the Edit option to edit the word yourself if the correct option is not there.

4. Choose Ignore or Add to Dictionary if you want to leave the word as you typed it.

5. Click the arrow to the right of the SpellCheck button and select AutoFix if you want SpellCheck to correct your spelling automatically.

Changing Language Settings

1. Change the language SpellCheck uses by clicking the arrow to the right of the SpellCheck button. Select the Choose Language option to choose from twelve languages.

2. Choose the Auto option from the language selection menu if you would like SpellCheck to automatically choose the language to use.

Editing the SpellCheck Dictionary

1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, and then choose the Run option.

2. Type the following line of text into the text box that opens, making sure that you type the line exactly as it appears here (alternatively, you can highlight and copy the text then paste it into the text box):

   notepad "%HOMEPATH%\Application Data\Google\User Dictionary.txt"

3. Click OK. The text file that opens contains words you have added to the dictionary.

4. Edit or delete words as you would edit a normal text file.

5. Save the file and then close it.

Tips & Warnings

• To remove the SpellCheck feature from the Google Toolbar, repeat the steps you would carry out to enable it but uncheck the box labeled SpellCheck instead of checking it.