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Thunderbird 31.1.1 won't download any dictionaries. I'm going crazy... Please help me spell again!!!

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Kananaskis
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This is driving me nuts...

Over the years I have had many versions of Thunderbird and I know how to go to Options... Composition... Spelling... Download Dictionaries... etc. but after I chose a dictionary and go to the big blue "Download Now" button and give it click NOTHING happens?!?!

I've tried it with different dictionaries, still nothing. This means I have no spell check when I'm composing an email.

Please tell me I'm an idiot and I'm missing something really, really, really simple...

THANKS!

This is driving me nuts... Over the years I have had many versions of Thunderbird and I know how to go to Options... Composition... Spelling... Download Dictionaries... etc. but after I chose a dictionary and go to the big blue "Download Now" button and give it click NOTHING happens?!?! I've tried it with different dictionaries, still nothing. This means I have no spell check when I'm composing an email. Please tell me I'm an idiot and I'm missing something really, really, really simple... THANKS!

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How about going here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/language-tools/

and adding it like any other add-on?

http://www.chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html

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Zenos
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How about going here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/language-tools/

and adding it like any other add-on?

http://www.chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html

Kananaskis
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Zenos, you're a star.

I've been to the page in your first link countless times and the "Download Now" button has always been dead. Using your link as soon as I hit "Download Now" then the option came up to save the Dictionary to my desktop then I simply followed the instructions to put it into Thunderbird.

I can't imagine why the "easy" method isn't working, but your workaround was brilliant.

Thank you so very much, sir.

Cheers, Terry

John27
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I have this problem too - nothing seems to work.