OT Thunderbird keeps switching to US dictionary

[ARW]

As per title.

Anyway to make it stop?

[PeterC]

Just a guess: try Tools - Add-ons - Dictionaries and see if the US one is there. It should be possible to delete it.

I use Fossamail (based on Tbird) and under Tools - Options - Composition - Spelling I have GB selected and US also there. I can't find anything about US dictionary in Config so I don't know where it is (the GB shows). There are the two in Program Files - Fossamail dictionaries but US is only a few kB and thus non-functional. Also the same files in the Profile (you'd have to find that for yourself - I'm on Win 7). Deleting the US one to the Recycle Bin, so that it can be restored if necessary, might do the trick.

[Bill Wright]

No it can't be done. But if you click on 'add to dictionary' every time eventually it knows all the proper spellings. It doesn't matter that it thinks US ones are also correct because obviously I'm not going to spell anything the US way.

Bill

[Another Dave]

It works fine for me. I'm assuming you set the dictionary in Edit>Preference>Composition>Language? I can't see any way of deleting the US dictionary though.

Another Dave

[ARW]

I cannot find a Edit>Preference>Composition>Language but I could find a Tools>Options>Composition>Language and it was set to US.

And hey presto I am now using the correct colour:-). God knows how that got changed, ISTR it did an update last week.

Cheers to both you and PeterC for aiming me in the correct direction and hopefully fixing the problem.

Now if anyone has a tripping RCD problem then hopefully the spellcheck will not change it from RCD to GFCI:-)

Any tips on not mixing up the Reply and Followup buttons are also welcome.

[Terry Casey]

In mine, its under Tools/Options/Spelling

But I only have the UK dictionary loaded, so cam't experience the same problem

There's also a link to: 'Download more Dictionaries' which not going to touch!

Perhaps you can, as been suggested, delete the one you don't want

[Andy Burns]

Linux

Windows.

[alan_m]

Remove reply from the toolbar or move its position on the toolbar. For newsgroups I find preferable to have follow-up as the first toolbar button and reply as the last.

Right click on the toolbar area and the customise option appears. Drag the reply button into the storage area to remove it or drag it to its new position.

[Tim Lamb]

In message , ARW writes

The best tip I'd like is how to avoid clicking the *close* button when I've just closed a pdf:-( It needs a *do you really want to exit Thunderbird* message. With more than one mail address and different passwords, restarting takes time.

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[Bill Wright]

Next time you use it it will have reverted.

Bill

[John Rumm]

Can't say I have ever had the problem, but I suppose you could copy the "proper" English dictionary over the top of the US one, so that whichever it picks you get the right spellings.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Not even by uninstalling the US dictionary and installing the UK one?

[ARW]

Restarts whole computer Types in word. Colour. Still a proper word.

[PeterC]

That's the step that I missed - install the EN dictionary first!