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Q.  I have looked around and even Googled spell checkers for browsers and can’t really tell which I should use. How do I spell check text in an online form? Any advice you have would be great.

A.  There are several online solutions and third-party toolbars and accessories that will allow you to spell check text as you type it in an online form. Below is a short list of some of my recommendations.

Firefox 2.0

Users who are using Firefox 2.0 or greater as their Internet browser already have a spellchecker in the browser.

Google Toolbar

I highly recommend users who are using  Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to download the third-party Google toolbar, which has its own spell check feature. This toolbar can be downloaded at:

http://toolbar.google.com/

Once downloaded and installed onto the computer wherever you are filling out a form or typing a message in a forum, blogs, bulletin board, diary, guest book, comments, etc. you can click the ABC Check button to perform a spell check on the text field.

SpellBound

Another great free third-party browser spellchecker is SpellBound, which is designed for Mozilla Firefox and the Mozilla Suite. A download and install for this program can be found at:

http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/

ieSpell

Another great free third-party browser add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer users that adds a spell check feature into the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. A download and install for this program can be found at:

http://www.iespell.com/

Copy and paste

Finally, in addition to the above recommendations you can also copy and paste the text you're typing into a word processor and spell check the text through it. Once everything has been corrected copy and paste the text back into the form you're submitting online.

Let me know if you need anything else.

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