Version 4.0 users: click here to access the administration instructions for Options Manager, containing the procedure to enable the spell checker.

Discus Professional has the ability to spell-check posts assuming that you have a dictionary file somewhere on your system. A dictionary file is a long list of every word in a language, one word per line. Unix systems typically have such a dictionary installed somewhere. This file can be used with Discus to underline "mispelled" words (yes, we know that the underlined word is misspelled). Here's how to do it:

1. You must be running Discus Professional to use the spell checker. If you have not purchased Discus Professional, you can buy Discus Professional now.

2. Locate the dictionary file on your server, or download a word list from your language. The site ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/ has word lists for several languages. You can also find word lists at http://wordlist.sourceforge.net.

3. Edit your discus.conf file. Add the following line:

   dictionary=/path/to/your/dictionary/wordlist.txt

   (Fill in the actual path to the dictionary word list on your system.)

   If you want to use more than one dictionary file, separate the dictionary file names with commas on the same line.

4. Enable spell-checking for yourself by editing your profile and enabling the spell checker from the preferences section.