Editing the user added dictionary in Firefox 2.0


	Editing the user added dictionary in Firefox 2.0

BitDrifter

11-28-2006 11:14 PM

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dictionary, firefox, edit, editing

BitDrifter says:

Every now and then I accidentally add a misspelled word by a miss-click, this is how you can correct those miss-clicks.

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11-28-2006 11:18 PM

ericskiff

I'm bound to do this at some point now that there's a built in spell-checker in firefox. Good to know how to fix it!

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