Re: dictionary desk space

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 My initial point was a very straightforward one. Frequently,
 I am forced to convert some of my papers that are destined for
 a journal to MSWord, since this seems to be the most popular
 wp amongst scholars at the moment. Once converted, a file
 often needs a few touch-ups. I have found that AUTOCORRECT
 is nice to have on hand, since it behaves like Auto-Check/
 Correct in XY4. It is also nice to have around because it is
 compatible with XY4, and it has a very large dictionary that
 can easily be modified. That is all I was saying, ...hence,
 my reference to "belt and suspenders." If one does not need
 it, then one need not use it.

 I have to say that your reference to the feature in XY4 forced
 me to look at it again. I suspect that, at times, I was using
 is side- by-side with AUTOCORRECT.

 MWP

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On Fri, 25 May 2007, Patricia M. Godfrey wrote:

> M.W. Poirier wrote:
> >  It's a question of "belt and suspenders," I suppose. ;-)
> >
> >  I suppose it would be possible to merge the more complete
> >  autocorrect "dictionary" with XY4's PER.SPL "dictionary,"
> >  and have the best of both worlds.
>
> Huh? Xy can already do that! "Auto-Check/Correct verifies your
> spelling as you type. If a replacement word has been stored in the
> temporary dictionary or in one of the personal dictionaries currently
> in memory, it will automatically correct as well." (CRG, 3-82).
>
> Of course, you have to include the "abbreviations" and their
> expansions in your spelling dictionary. For example (all names have
> been changed to protect the guilty), I have a .spl file I use when
> writing up council meetings. If I need to refer to the borough
> engineer, I type bdd and Xy expands that to Borough Engineer Diggory
> Delve. In the .spl file there's an entry that reads
> bdd Borough Engineer Diggory Delve
>
> There are some traps for the unwary. You need to have a unique
> abbreviation. A new councilman was elected last Nov., with the
> initials ADN. I couldn't use "adn" for his abbreviation, because it's
> already in there to expand to "and" (that being a favorite typo of
> mine). And your abbreviation shouldn't be one you might use as a word.
>  A former mayor had a surname beginning with a T; let's say Tolliver.
> Having entered
> mt Mayor Tolliver
> I found I could not refer to the Mount Laurel Decision (an important
> court case in NJ) as "the Mt. Laurel decision" (which one shouldn't do
> anyway; Mount Laurel is a town, not a mountain), or I would get "Mayor
> Tolliver Laurel."
>
> Now if this program can give the capability to other, Windows apps,
> fine, well, and good. But Xy HAS it.
>
> --
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx
>