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Re: Spellchecking
- Subject: Re: Spellchecking
- From: m LESLIE319@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 20:46:37 -0400 (EDT)
On 21-SEP-1995 08:51:57.0 xywrite said to LESLIE319
>I wouldn't think of letting a spell checker beep at me every time I
>type a proper noun, so I always batch-check the file using the SPELL
>command. It is very fast. The result is a list of words that are not
>approved by the dictionary, and by your personal one of you have
>loaded it. I go through the list and remove everything that is not a
>possible spelling error. I then place after each possible error the
>correct form. It is then simple enough to record a macro that
>searches out each instance of the possibly wrong word (the 2 files in
>adjacent windows, using CV for search) and lets you decide whether to
>"fix" it (and then erases that pair of words in the spell file and
>moves to the next).
Thanks, Nathan. I am going to try to combine your tip with
Harry's and will report back. I often need to make sure I am not
"correcting" quoted matter, say a quote from an English author.
--Leslie--
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