spell check
Aug 12, 2003 | 12:49 am
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spell check
I will stray from the custom of sending randy our complaints and instead ask a question: can you add a spell check option next to "submit post" so that we can eliminate errors before we finalize a post and not need to go back and edit for spelling mistakes. I think that the format yahoo uses in its e-mail program would be great!!!!
Aug 12, 2003 | 2:00 am
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You might try downloading ieSpell.
Aug 12, 2003 | 2:03 am
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The correct forum I guess for this was 'Technical Issues' and it has been raised there MANY times before.
IIRC UBB software simply does not offer spelling as an option, although I recall Randy posting he of all folks would have it loaded if it WERE an option. The free program I noted above works for many here.
IIRC UBB software simply does not offer spelling as an option, although I recall Randy posting he of all folks would have it loaded if it WERE an option. The free program I noted above works for many here.
Aug 12, 2003 | 5:08 am
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If we got spell check, would arturo be completely spell checked out of existence? I would hope not. 
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Aug 12, 2003 | 4:40 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ozstamps:
You might try downloading ieSpell.</font>
You might try downloading ieSpell.
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I use it all time (ok, most of the time
) and it works great. Foreigners should keep in mind that it uses American spelling. Maybe that's why it didn't recognize the name ozstamps 
Aug 14, 2003 | 6:53 am
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If we must have a machine to tell us how to spell, could we at least make sure that the machine spells English properly rather than in the dreadful hybrid way that most people round here seem to use?
Aug 14, 2003 | 7:33 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Wingnut:
If we must have a machine to tell us how to spell, could we at least make sure that the machine spells English properly rather than in the dreadful hybrid way that most people round here seem to use?</font>
If we must have a machine to tell us how to spell, could we at least make sure that the machine spells English properly rather than in the dreadful hybrid way that most people round here seem to use?
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Lets play spot the words below Mr Gates has NOT mangled yet:
Realize. Harmonize. Surprize. Prioritize. Experize. Harmonize. *******ize.
And don't get me started on gray, lite, color, catalog, jewelry, check, center, etc.
And who decided that March 5 was somehow 3/5/03 confusing the rest of the world who use the far more sensible styling 5/3/03. (As do all US Govt customs and immigration forms. Coff.)
Bill Gates will wake up one morning and decide YOT looks leaner than Yacht.