Evolution does a good job of finding misspelled words and correcting them. I write emails in both English and Spanish, and spell-check works well in both languages, with one exception. I cannot find a way to add a word that has been marked as misspelled to the dictionary. No option to do so appears when I right click on the misspelled word. Can someone tell me how to add new words to the dictionary?
(I sent this through mail originally, but it has got lost on the route; maybe it’ll be received another day, just do not be surprised if yes).
On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 23:00 +0100, Doug via GNOME Discourse wrote:
Can someone tell me how to add new words to the dictionary?
Hi,
I suppose we speak about the new mail composer, in the message body.
When I write a typo, and some dictionaries are enabled in Edit->Current
Languages menu, then I’m offered to “Ignore Misspelled Word” or “Add
Word to Dictionary” in the context menu above this word, which had been
red-underlined before I clicked into it. Using Edit->Spell Checking
(F7) allows both “ignore” and “add word” too.
What version of the Evolution do you use, please? Is this about the
message text body?
Bye,
Milan
Hi,
I suppose we speak about the new mail composer, in the message body.
When I write a typo, and some dictionaries are enabled in Edit->Current
Languages menu, then I’m offered to “Ignore Misspelled Word” or “Add
Word to Dictionary” in the context menu above this word, which had been
red-underlined before I clicked into it. Using Edit->Spell Checking
(F7) allows both “ignore” and “add word” too.
What version of the Evolution do you use, please? Is this about the
message text body?
Bye,
Milan
Yes, I was referring to the new mail composer. I was unaware of Edit->Check Spelling menu item. There it does give me the option to add the word to dictionary (but not in the Edit->Current Languages menu). I was looking for such an option when right clicking on a word marked as misspelled, and didn’t find it there. But doing it with F7 (Edit->Spell Checking) will work just as well. Thank you Milan for your help.
FYI, I am using Evolution version 3.36.5-0ubuntu1
Oh, I meant the Edit->Current Languages menu contains only a list of the languages which are and which can be selected for the spell checking. It does not offer the option to add/ignore misspelled words into the dictionary. These options are in the context menu above the misspelled word only.
I am using Evolution version 3.36.5-0ubuntu1
Ouch, that’s an ancient version. The current stable series is 3.54.x. Still, the context menu should work the same for you too.
Updating to the current version made everything better. Now right clicking on a misspelled word shows the option to add word to dictionary.
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