1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a server, a valid login request from a user for an account maintained on the server; identifying, on the server, a set of text-entry preferences associated with the account, wherein the text-entry preferences are configured for use with a plurality of network-based applications; receiving, at the server, a request from the user to execute a first network-based application on the server; receiving, from the user at the server, user-entered text associated with the first network-based application; applying, by the server, the set of text-entry preferences to the received user-entered text; and providing, after applying the set of text-entry preferences, the received user-entered text to the first network-based application.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein applying the set of text-entry preferences comprises: comparing, with the received user-entered text, one or more user-defined spelling preferences included in the set of text-entry preferences; and notating the received user-entered text to indicate one or more words in the received user-entered text that, based on the comparison with the user-defined spelling preferences, have respective matches in the user-defined spelling preferences.