We're not all perfect spellers, but poor spelling on a blog can really turn off readers. To combat this, some people write their entries in Microsoft® Word or another word processing program, and then paste the text into the blog after running it through the spell checker. That works, but it would be better if you didn't have to do all that work.

We've got you covered—Quick Blog has two spell checkers available. These online proofreaders will comb over your thoughtful prose and alert you to any missteps. Even if you think you're spelling bee material, you should still click on these because we worked really hard on them. Oh, and it doesn't even cost anything.

The first one is in the application itself in the Write and Edit entry pages if you're using the rich editor. It's only available in the Design mode and all you have to do is click on the icon to start it up. There's a preloaded dictionary that contains tens of thousands of words.

You may have noticed the "Add" button in the screen shot above. That is a powerful feature because it creates a user dictionary that is available to both spell checkers! (Side note: we made it require clicking on the "Add" button because we don't like our machines learning on their own. We've seen The Terminator enough to know that much.)

The other spell checker is in the blog itself, which we call the visitor application in that oh-so-creative way of engineers. This one uses your custom dictionary, as noted earlier, so your readers can benefit from your lexical pioneering.

"Uh-oh! What's that 'Add' button doing there?" you're probably asking. I'm sure you don't want the unwashed masses contributing their version of correct spelling to your hand-crafted custom user dictionary. Naturally! That's why the "Add" feature on the blog itself saves the visitor's additions in a cookie on their computer. They're happy, you're happy. Ain't life grand?

But remember that spell checkers can't catch everything.