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 :[[Help:Spell checking with Chrome]]
-:''Note that this wiki does not support Internet Explorer, and so offers no spell checking advise for that browser.  Of course, if you're on a page about spell checking with a Mac, you probably ''have'' a Mac, and thus can't use Internet Explorer, anyway.''
+== Why change global settings? ==
+Some people might be wary of changing the base spell checking settings for their OS X installation.  But there are two very good reasons for doing so: '''auto-suggestion''' and '''auto-correction'''.  When you change your "System Preferences preferences", your British spell checking will become much more accurate, because the system will just do the corrections for you.  This is much preferred to merely changing the way an individual program spell checks, because these program-level "fixes" do not properly leverage Apple's auto-correction system.
+And don't worry: even though you're changing something that affects your whole system, it's super-easy to change it back to American spell checking when you're finished with your editing session here at Tardis.
 == Changing your spell check preferences ==