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lagooner
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November 7, 2016
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2017 Dreamweaver - Spell Checker not functioning

Lots of great new features, but spell checking does not seem to be working for me in the new Dreamweaver.  Any suggestions?  I'm on an Apple...

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Jon Fritz
Jon FritzCorrect answer
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November 21, 2016

It was happening consistently in a custom workspace while in split code/design with a single page open.

After some Windows updates and a few restarts, it now appears to be functioning correctly.

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Soulancipation
Soulancipation
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December 9, 2018

I am using the latest version of Dreamweaver CC (19.0 Build 11193), and this problem persists. I did some thorough trouble-shooting and I determined that spell-check does not work when Live mode is active--regardless of whether the screen is split or not. When I switch to Design mode, spell-check seems to work, again regardless of screen layout.

This is clearly a BUG. There is no logical reason that spell-check should not work in Live mode; I think the developers need to take a look at this.

David

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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December 9, 2018

It's not a bug.  It's there by design (no pun intended).  Live View doesn't support everything that Design View does.  If you think that needs to be changed, submit a feature request from your Help Menu.

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
maryf71824562
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May 16, 2017

I've been using DW 2015, and I just installed 2017 on a new computer, but I can't get it to spell check at all.  It just switches to split mode and ignores my requests for spell-checking; nothing comes up at all. Everything is totally up to date. What should I do?

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Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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May 16, 2017

have you restarted the computer yet and can you verify you are in Design View?

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Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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November 7, 2016

It doesn't seem to work here either on Windows 7.

@Preran,

1. From Design View, I add in "jashf ksjahd fksjdhf kjshdf kshf skdfj" between the <body> tags
2. I highlight the gibberish text
3. I go to Tools > Spell Check and get an alert "Dreamweaver has finished checking the selection. Do you want to continue checking the rest of the document?"
4. I hit "Yes" and receive the alert "Spelling check completed" with "OK" as the only option.
5. I hit "OK" and the last word of my gibberish is highlighted with no further options/dialogues.
6. Clicking anywhere in the program deselects that last word of gibberish with no further input from the program.

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    Preran
    Preran
    Legend
    November 7, 2016

    Thank you, Jon for the specifics. I will share this info with the product team.

    If it isn't too much of a hassle, can you also report it to the team using the wishlist form Feature Request/Bug Report Form  if you have not already done so?

    Thanks,

    Preran

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    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    November 7, 2016

    Bug Report submitted.

    @Nancy, yeah, I get nothing at all. There's never a point where the program asks me what I'd like to use in place of the misspellings. That dialogue never comes up for me.

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      Preran
      Preran
      Legend
      November 7, 2016

      Can you provide us with the specifics around what you mean by "not working"? Screenshots would help.

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