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moretalman

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Hello. I'm just getting started in the use of this Forum and all of it's

features & functions. There's much to learn. I was going to do some

experimenting in some of the threads that already exist. Ya know, experimenting

with how to do quotes, multi quotes, quick replies etc. But I thought this may

be disruptive & thus inappropriate. So instead I decided to start this thread

where I could experiment without being disruptive. Of course other users could

do the same. This would give us all an oppurtunity to "play with" the different

features enabling us to learn how they work in a thread where this was

acceptable & not disruptive. For this reason, many of the post here, might not

make much sense, (In other words no real discussion is being attempted) as we

are "playing with" how the different features work until we master them well

enough to use them with proficency as particapants in this fourm.

This could also be a good place to ask question of other users about how to

operate the fourms many different functions & features. (I know there is the

user2user tech support thread, but my last look at that left me a little

confused). There are users in this forum community, that no doubt, are quite

adept at explaining such things. Your contributions & expertise would be

encouraged & sincerely appreciated.



For instance here are few good questions:


Q: I like to double space my fourm post because I believe this makes them much

easier & faster to read. Is there a "setting" or some other function that I

could use that would cause all of my post to be "automatically" double spaced?


Q: Can I set the font type & size etc. permanently so I don't have to reset it

to my preference each time I post?


Q: I noticed there is no "spell check" feature on this fourm. Can anyone

suggest a way of doing a spell check quickly from another source, or is there a

way to access spell check on this fourm.


OK well I'm to do my experimenting. Many Blessings <> Johnny

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wwjd_kilden

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You can add spell checks to your browser

For instance, I have an English dictionary on my Firefox browser (just google "firefox dictionary add on" or something similar)
 
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moretalman

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Heres a good example I had this post formatted to be double spaced. I clicked on reveiw, which is supposed to show how the post will look to people on the fourm who read it. It remained double spaced on the reveiw but when I posted it, as you can see, it was throw out of format. Is there a way to keep this from happening without using the standard font size & spacing?
 
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moretalman

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When you say add spell check to my browser, do you mean to my computer? If I did this I'd have to copy & paste each post to another compse field, do the spell check & then re copy & paste it back to the fourm compose feild. Or at least I think I would. Can you explain further?
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Hey there moretalman, and welcome to the community. :)

1. There is no setting for formatting you can set on a permanent basis. Each time you post, you will need to make your adjustments (this is how just about every forum functions).

2. Same as response #1.

3. Spell check is built into just about ever browser, as far as I know. What you might be thinking of is auto correct. Internet Explorer supports auto correct, but most browsers will simply underline misspelled words, not automatically fix them as you type. You must right click on the underlined word and select the appropriate correction from the menu.

What wwjd_kilden was referring to was an extension for the Firefox web browser. I believe hers is an electronic dictionary that expands on Firefox's built-in dictionary, so spell checking is more accurate.

Let me know if any of this is over your head, Johnny, as we want you to feel comfortable here. :) God bless!
 
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moretalman

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I'm familiar with the underline/menu spell check, those are in all the email & office programs. Is there a way to get underline/menu spell check to work in the reply window here on this form? If not how would you do it apart from the copy & paste method I mentioned earlier? TY <> Johnny
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Strange... I never needed an add on for my Firefox nor my Chrome for the text in my reply box to be underlined. That's suppose to be inherent in both browsers. Try wwjd_kilden's dictionary add on per her link, Johnny. Maybe it'll catch your fancy. :)
 
leelee

leelee

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My chrome does it automatically but i think it is in the top right menu under settings and adv settings and language to find it and turn if off or on (I only realised this when I figured out that my chrome was spelling american).
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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leelee said:
My chrome does it automatically but i think it is in the top right menu under settings and adv settings and language to find it and turn if off or on (I only realised this when I figured out that my chrome was spelling american).
Click to expand...
Right-o. In Firefox, it's: Options -> Advanced -> General -> check "Check my spelling as I type", under Browsing.
 
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jinx

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how do you use the multi quote feature? :confused:
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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jinx said:
how do you use the multi quote feature? :confused:
Click to expand...
Click the multi-quote button (bottom right of post) for each post you want to quote, then click on "Reply to Thread" button.

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moretalman

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Here's what I've begun to do to do a spell check. It's a no brainer really. I opened up a window to my gmail email. I clicked on compose which brought up my email compose field. I left this window open but minimized it. Then I opened up another window & went to christian chat.com. Then I typed in what I wanted to post to the christian chat.com compose field in the CC forum. When I was finished I cut all I wrote out of the christian chat.com compose field, I unminimized my gmail window & copied & pasted it into my gmail compose field (which has a a spell check) I spell checked it, then cut that out of the gmail compose field & copied & pasted it back into the christian chat.com compose field. It proved to be rather easy. In fact it was much more difficult to explain all of this to you than it was to actually do the spell check in the way I described. For those who may not know, by right clicking on your mouse you bring up a box that has the options of cut , copy or paste. When you copy you must left click & drag your cursor over everything you typed (which will be highlighted) & then click copy. When you do what was typed remains. When you "cut" it is all removed or "cut" from the compose field (what ever you highlight) then that can be "pasted" into any other compose field & all the was typed & copied or cut will be displayed. If there is anyone out there that found this explanation helpful please let me know. TY
Many Blessings <> Johnny
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Good idea, moretalman. :) You can also compose from a Word document and then cut and paste it after spell check.
 
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