Add Real Time Spell Check to Internet Explorer

A quick tip for tonight.

If you use Internet Explorer a bit (if there is anyone left) you may find the lack of spell check a bit of a pain (unless it is provided by a JavaScript function on a particular website). It’s somewhat amazing that such a feature has not made it into Microsoft’s web browser after at least fifteen years.

Luckily, you can quickly add in this missing functionality through an add-on called Speckie from Versoworks.

Like other spell checking functions, Speckie puts a red squiggle under words that seem to be incorrect. Right clicking offending words will provide you a list of possible alternative spellings and the ability to add the word to the dictionary. You can even change dictionaries if you have more than one installed.

Speckie works with Internet Explorer up to the latest Internet Explorer 9 and  re-uses the dictionaries that are made by Google for its Chrome browser. It’s free and made in Australia!

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