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Office 365 (Thunderbird) - Check spelling and/or grammar
Thunderbird automatically checks your spelling as you type. Incorrectly spelled words are indicated with red (dots in OSX and waves in Windows.) Thunderbird does not have a native grammar check though there are several available as add ons, none have been vetted for their Office 365 compatibility.
Check spelling as you type
- Open Thunderbird
- Create a new email
- Begin typing
- When you see a misspelled word as indicated by red dots/waves, right click and choose the correctly spelled word from the drop down list
- Continue typing until the email is complete
Check spelling after composing an email
- Open Thunderbird
- Create a new email
- Compose your email
- From the top menu choose Options then Check Spelling
- Choose the correct word from the list in the pop up box then click:
- Replace to use the new word
- Ignore if the word being checked is correct already
- Add Word if you wish not to have this word spell checked in the future
- Repeat for each misspelled word
- When finished choose Close
Turn off automatic spell check (for one message)
- Open Thunderbird
- Create a new message
- From the top menu choose Options
- Unselect Spell Check As You Type
- Compose your message
Turn off automatic spell check permanently
Note This feature is ON by default
- Open Thunderbird
- Select the Thunderbird drop down menu from the top bar
- Select Options
- Choose the Composition Tab
- Uncheck Enable spell check as you type
- Close the pop up box
Turn on/off Check Spelling before sending
Note This feature is off by default
- Open Thunderbird
- Select the Thunderbird drop down menu from the top bar
- Select Options
- Choose the Composition Tab
- Check the Check spelling before sending box
- Close the pop up box