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Spelling Add Jacuba Spell Check To Your Forms Checking

spell checking provided by [ jacuba ]

Instructions
You can try Jacuba Spell by using the text area to the left. Just click in the box and start typing to see for yourself how Jacuba Spell checks as you type. To correct a spelling simply click the right mouse button on the incorrect word. This will cause another box to appear with choices to replace the incorrect spelling. It can be incorporated into as many textarea forms on the page as you need.

Jacuba Spell is an online (and can be integrated into your forms) spellchecker which uses JavaScript and HTML to check your spelling as you type. It works by replacing the text areas in a page with an editor which provides what you see to the left:

We have tested the code in IE 7.0, Firefox 2.0.0.3, Opera 9.20, Netscape 8.1.3 and AOL Explorer 1.5. This script worked well in all platforms with one (1) variation observed in Opera 9.20.

  • The Spell Check will " Not " function in any way.
  • It does degrade well and you will not get any errors.

To help promote Jacuba Spell please add the following code beneath any text area using Jacuba Spell:
spell checking provided by <a href="http://www.jacuba.com" target="_blank">jacuba</a>
This will be a great help in promoting Jacuba Spell and would be greatly appreciated however this is optional and not required to use jacuba.
  • Spell Checking
    Words are checked as you type, underlining the words which are not recognized.
  • Suggested Corrections
    A popup menu provides easy access to possible corrections.
  • Complete Dictionary
    An online dictionary provides hundreds of thousands of definitions for words and includes a thesaurus, antonyms and related words.
  • Personal Dictionary
    An easy to use personal dictionary called "My Words" is available which allows you to add words to the spellchecker. These words are stored in a cookie and can be shared between all the sites which use Jacuba Spell.
  • Online Help
    Even though the editor is as simple to use as a regular text area there is always immediate access to online help via a "Help" link in each editor.

For Your Information For your Information:     Before we begin, we feel obligated to advise you that the above form is for all intensive purposes a "Stand Alone" script. In other words, it really does not do much of anything other than what you see. In order to make it function as designed, you need to incorporate it into a valid working form. If you do not have a good Solid Knowledge of HTML coding, javascripts, forms and reconfigurations, please "Do Not Attempt" this until you are Proficient in the aforementioned areas.

We do not feel at this time a full tutorial is needed. The site you will be getting the code has excellent step by step instructions on howto. If you feel you need a full tutorial, it would be our pleasure to make one for you. The only this we will expand on is the adding of the onload event handler. The script site has it as:

"......Indicate which text areas will be converted into Jacuba Spell editors. To do this add an onload event handler to the <BODY> tag of your HTML document which applies Jacuba Spell to every textarea on the page. We do this as follows:....."

<body onload="if (window.Jacuba) Jacuba.applyTo('element: TEXTAREA')">

"......If you already have an onload attribute on the body tag it will be necessary to separate this javascript command from existing commands with a semi-colon. Refer to a basic Javascript guide for details......"

Technical Note     This script accesses the BODY onload event. If you have another script on your page that does the same, one of them will not run. Grab the below link for information on getting both scripts to work simultaneously.
 [  Script Conflict ]

Default <BODY> Tag ~ No onLoad event handler

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#ba55dc" link="#fff8dc" alink="#fff8dc" vlink="#fff8dc">

Reconfigured <BODY> Tag ~ onLoad Event Handler Inserted

<body onload="if (window.Jacuba) Jacuba.applyTo('element: TEXTAREA')" bgcolor="#000000" text="#ba55dc" link="#fff8dc" alink="#fff8dc" vlink="#fff8dc">

In other words just paste the below section directly into the <BODY> tag:

onload="if (window.Jacuba) Jacuba.applyTo('element: TEXTAREA')"

We hope our tutorial was easy to follow and we covered everything in detail. If you would like to add this effect into your pages, grab the respective below link and you are there. If you have any problems with this or anything else, feel free to consult our [ FAQ ] and if you can't find the answer there, [ contact us ].
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