Are you trying with 10.6.1? Are you starting from a fresh file like I described in my repro? I rebooted and cycled VO off and on, so I think that is about as fresh as I could get things. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Reedy Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 7:29 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: More on spell checking Hmmm, TextEdit seems to work fine here, thats a new one on me. Keith Reedy Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift from Bibles For The Blind. http://biblesfortheblind.org/download_music.shtml God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson Taylor. On Feb 26, 2010, at 3:18 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > I never got around to figuring out how the spell-check-anywhere feature > worked, so thanks to those of you that posted about it. > > However, in TextEdit, it doesn't seem to work at all. > > I opened a new document, and typed: > > ---------- > This is a terst of the computor. > ---------- > > When I pressed command-; VoiceOver says "check document now", but nothing > happens. > > I tried pressing command-shift-; for the spelling and grammar dialog, but the > text field where the word should be, and the suggestions list, are both blank. > > I tried command-; and command-shift-; in other places, like Pages and Adium, > and they worked fine. Not sure what is wrong with TextEdit. > > Any ideas? > > Bryan >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >