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Add spell check to Internet Explorer

Back in the year 2000, Steve Yandl at PC911 wrote a little script to add a spell check feature to the right-click context menu of Internet Explorer. I forgot about it until I ran across it again when I was cleaning out some old Windows 98 stuff from my hard drive. Although the script was written for Windows 98, all it does is add a Registry entry. Since many of the Registry keys are the same in Windows XP as in Windows 98, I decided to try it on Windows XP and it works there also. In order for it to work, you must have Microsoft Word installed since the spell checker from that application is what is being used. To apply it, you highlight a piece of text on a Web page and right-click. The context menu contains an entry “Spell” and when you select the entry it runs the spell checker from Word. Any corrections that you choose will be placed in the clipboard.

Judging from the number of spelling errors that I see all over the Internet, many computer users may not care that much about correct spelling. However, people like me who put stuff on the Internet or who participate in forums or use Web email may find it useful. The script is described and can be downloaded at this PC911 page. When you run the installation script, you may get the standard warning about using scripts from your ant-virus or anti-spyware programs.

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