Spell Check Not Working

Meta Chuh

welcome to the notepad++ community, @shdawson

here’s a step by step guide to install and configure DSpellCheck on notepad 7.6.6:

open up plugins > plugins admin, search for dspellcheck and hit install, as seen at the screenshot below:
go to plugins > dspellcheck > settings and hit the download button.
uncheck show only recognized ones.
select the languages you need from the list and hit install selected, as seen at the next screenshot:
go to plugins > dspellcheck, select your required language from change current language and make sure that spell check document automatically is enabled, as seen at the screenshot below.

general notes:

please conduct a search at our community before opening a new topic.
for official support of the @Predelnik 's DSpellCheck plugin, please also visit https://github.com/Predelnik/DSpellCheck/issues

best regards.

shdawson

Thanks.

I checked available, but did not have to install it again. I guess it was disabled as part of the version upgrade.

Much appreciated.

John Brewer

Thank you Meta Chuh for such an outstanding step by step guide for configuring DSpellCheck. It worked like a charm!

Meta Chuh

welcome to the notepad++ community, @John-Brewer

it’s very nice to hear that, you are very welcome.

many thanks and best regards.

shdawson

Hi,

I now see spell check is not working with UPPER CASE terms. I have tested this with both lower case and UPPER CASE words.

Does the spelling plugin also check UPPER CASE terms?

Thanks,
-SHD

shdawson

@Meta-Chuh , should I post a new discussion thread on this matter?

-SHD

dinkumoil

@shdawson said:

I now see spell check is not working with UPPER CASE terms.

Have a look at the settings dialog of DSpellCheck, especially to the Ignore Words options. You can find them under (menu) Plugins -> DSpellCheck -> Settings... -> (register) Advanced -> (group box) Ignore Words. Ensure that option All Letters Capital is unchecked.

shdawson

Thank you.

The box was indeed checked.

Problem solved.

I appreciate your kind assistance.

-SHD

shdawson

Good Morning,

I upgraded Notepad++ today. The spell check is not working automatically anymore. I click the button to Spell Check Documents Automatically to turn spell checking off and on, and the misspelled words are indeed found. I also use the /menu/Plugins/DSpellCheck/Find Next Misspelling and the misspelled words are indeed found. However, the misspelled words are not found as I am typing.

What do I need to do to enable the misspelled words to be discovered as I type, please?

Thanks,
-SHD

andrecool-68

@shdawson Manually update the new version of the plugin:
https://github.com/Predelnik/DSpellCheck/releases/tag/v1.4.13

shdawson

Success, thanks. Much appreciated.

-SHD

Dean Davis62

Thank you for the most apprevciated help

shdawson

Hi, question about DSpellCheck. Is there a way to run spell check so one is presented with a replace option such as F7 in MS Word?

shdawson

I take it there is no way to run spell check in this manner. Do I hold the correct understanding?

Ekopalypse

@shdawson

Don’t know - I’m not using MS Word so I can’t say for sure what it is providing.
I would guess if you can add a screenshot or a more detailed description what you
want to have then one who uses DSpellCheck might be able to answer more easily.

Btw. a screenshot must be uploaded to an hoster like imgur … and embedded here using
the sytanx ![](url_of_uploaded_image)

Alan Kilborn

I believe the poster is after a replace-on-misspelled word function.

Think about Notepad++'s Replace button functionality, but where the Find what is the next sqiggly-underlined misspelled word. :)