1. Spellcheck any server- or client-side control

Telerik RadSpell is a standalone component which can be attached to any editable control, like textarea, div, iframe, or WYSIWYG editor (Telerik RadEditor). All you have to do is place the Telerik RadSpell tag on your page and set its ControlToCheck property to the ID of your editable element.

2. No-postback algorithm for superior performance

The advanced Levenstein algorithm used by Telerik RadSpell is implemented so that the whole editable content is checked at once, without any Post-Backs. This significantly improves performance and lowers the load on the server.

3. Easy interface localization

Just like with the Telerik RadEditor, the Telerik RadSpell as interface (labels, buttons, tooltips and error messages) can be easily localized, by switching a single property. You can also create a new interface language in a matter of minutes.

4. Wide browser support: IE 5 (including IE 5.2 for Mac), NS 7.1, Mozilla 1.2

Telerik RadSpell is a pure ASP.NET server control, which renders only HTML and JavaScript on the client machine. As a result, the component offers wide cross-browser compatibility and requires no plugins or downloads.

5. Integrated support by Telerik RadEditor

Telerik RadSpell is internally supported by the leading WYSIWYG editor a Telerik RadEditor. As a result, the spellchecker can be evoked by the designated button on the editoras toolbar. Moreover, the end-user may select the spellchecking language from the convenient dropdown.

6. Ignoring inline scripts and style definitions

Telerik RadSpell now automatically ignores inline sript tags (<script></script>) and style definitions (<style></style>) in the HTML code. Since those tags are not used for storing text, they are not processed in order to avoid false spelling error reports.

7. CSS-Based Skinning

Developers can now change completely the appearance of Telerik RadSpell dialogs by modifying the supplied CSS stylesheet and images. Three schemes are shipped with the product: default, custom and monochrome.

8. Complete dialog skinning/redesign

You can quickly change the appearance of the Telerik RadSpell dialog using schemes. Moreover, since the source the dialogs is located in an external ascx file, you can rearrange and completely redesign it, to elegantly blend the spellchecker into the interface of your site or web-application.

9. Support for Microsoft Word dictionaries

Telerik RadSpell v1.1 has been enhanced significantly and now can support the dictionaries of Microsoft^A Word XP and 2003 (Word must be installed on the server).  This gives end-users even greater convenience due to the richer set of dictionaries.

10. Supports multiple languages

Telerik RadSpell is a multilingual spellchecker, which allows users to select one of the installed languages from a drop-down. All dictionaries are located on the server so no time-consuming downloads are required. (Click the + button to see a list of all supported languages)

Please, note that due to the considerable dictionary size, by default, the component is shipped with English (US) dictionary only. To enable multi-language spellchecking you need to download the respective additional dictionaries. Updated and newly released dictionaries can be downloaded from the My Licenses -> Telerik RadEditor / Telerik RadSpell -> downloads section under your client.net account.

11. Custom dictionary for every language

When the "Add to custom dictionary" option is enabled, the end-user can place unknown words to a custom dictionary, which will be automatically created for the respective language. The custom dictionaries are in ".txt" format and can be easily edited when needed.

12. Add subject-specific dictionaries (i.e. medical)

Besides the provided default language dictionaries, you can easily create a new or specialized one (i.e. medical, technical) using the Dictionary Configurator.

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