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I'm not sure if this can be done at all, but it'd certainly make my life easier. I was wondering if maybe the MS spellchecker could be used as a plug-in for other applications... or something like that.

Thanks.

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You can do it via this free add-in.

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Samuel
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dommer
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  • Link to a newer version: http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/11/29/spell-checker-update-2-2-full-support-for-vs-2008-sp1-simpler-setup-and-a-few-bug-fixes.aspx (note that for pre-VS2008 follow the links in the article for version 2.1) – Michael Burr Apr 01 '09 at 21:49
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Visual Assist from Whole Tomato comes with a Spell Checker, along with many other wondrous productivity enhancing features - if you're using Visual Studio without Visual Assist you're really missing out :)

Andrew Grant
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  • Well I'm a proud owner of a R# license so I indeed know what I'm missing out: the spellchecker! :) – Trap Apr 01 '09 at 21:47
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You could use FXCop and write a custom rule to spellcheck (link) your comments

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Well, I don't know about Visual Studio, but both Eclipse and Emacs have support for spellchecking inside comments. I usually have it off, because it too often gets in the way and complains about things like variable names, but then I don't really need a spellchecker (most of the time).

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There is a tool for automatically correcting typical typos everywhere you type:

AutoHotkey and the AutoCorrect for English Script

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