Any Spell-Check Sugestions for 7.1.0.9?
Terry
Yes, Eudora's default spell-checker would have caught the misspelling
in the header here, but most of the time the suggestions are totally
bizarre!
Is there a (preferably freeware) spell-checker plug-in that is
compatible with Eudora? I see a bunch out there, but no objective
reviews.
Anything would help. : () )
TIA--
Terry--WB4FXD
Edenton, NC
John H Meyers
> Eudora's default spell-checker [by Wintertree software]
> would have caught the misspelling in the header here,
> but most of the time the suggestions are totally bizarre!
Misspelled word: sugest
Suggestions offered by built-in spell checkers:
Thunderbird: suggest, hugest, sagest, surest
Firefox: suggest, hugest, sagest, surest, snuggest
Gmail: suggest, sagest, hugest, surest, smuggest
Eudora: suggest, sagest, surest, slugfest, smuggest
More important than any uniformity in suggestions,
among the variety of differing embedded systems,
is the fact that the misspelling is detected;
you then always have the choice
of either clicking on any of the suggestions,
or just typing what you meant, which will again be checked.
In Eudora, you can also customize all the lists for yourself.
And that's what I suggest :)
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Terry
<jhme...@nomail.invalid> wrote:
=>On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:33:59 -0500, Terry wrote:
=>
=>> Eudora's default spell-checker [by Wintertree software]
=>> would have caught the misspelling in the header here,
=>> but most of the time the suggestions are totally bizarre!
=>
=>Misspelled word: sugest
=>
=>Suggestions offered by built-in spell checkers:
=>
=>
=>Thunderbird: suggest, hugest, sagest, surest
=>
=>Firefox: suggest, hugest, sagest, surest, snuggest
=>
=>Gmail: suggest, sagest, hugest, surest, smuggest
=>
=>Eudora: suggest, sagest, surest, slugfest, smuggest
=>
=>
=>More important than any uniformity in suggestions,
=>among the variety of differing embedded systems,
=>is the fact that the misspelling is detected;
=>you then always have the choice
=>of either clicking on any of the suggestions,
=>or just typing what you meant, which will again be checked.
=>
=>In Eudora, you can also customize all the lists for yourself.
=>
=>And that's what I suggest :)
And that makes sense, John. I guess what I was looking for is
something that would flag my stumble-fingered typing errors! MS Word
seems to do a good job (most of the time) and I guess I'll just have
to be more careful.
Thanks for the reply. I'll slow down a little!
Cheers--
Terry--WB4FXD
Edenton, NC
j...@unspameljefe.net
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:38:37 GMT, katam...@hotmail.com (Terry)
wrote:
Ah, that brings up my own dyslexic brain synapses. I have recurring
typing errors, and one in particluar that I just can't seem to train
myself away from. Anything with "he" or "othe" in it.
So, "other" comes out "otehr," "the" comes out "teh." Happens all teh
time. (Just kidding -- that was intentional. lol)
I know there's an auto-correct in Word, but is there a way to set an
auto-correct in Eudora 6.2 for that letter combo?
JJ
John H Meyers
Yes, there is a way to automatically correct particular misspellings.
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John H Meyers
> Yes, there is a way to automatically correct particular misspellings.
"Little known spelling auto-correction feature for composing"
http://eudorabb.qualcomm.com/showpost.php?p=13837
This is so little known about this
that the most the manual (or Qualcomm)
has to say about file "uchange.tlx" is
"Filename of user-defined list of words to change when spell checking."
(no further details!)
Neither does the company from which the spell checker was purchased
seem to have a word to say about it:
http://www.wintertree-software.com/
So now you know a top secret -- try not to spread it around :)
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j...@unspameljefe.net
Works like a champ!
Now, is there a way to turn off the red underlining? I already know
my typing sucks, so this is just rubbing it in. :)
JJ
JJ
John H Meyers
> is there a way to turn off the red underlining?
Turn off "Check spelling automatically as you type"
However, this may also turn off the "automatic correction"
which you just found out how to achieve,
according to the post which described that feature.
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John H Meyers
> is there a way to turn off the red underlining?
How else would you know which words need correcting?
You would then have to manually invoke "Edit" | "Check spelling"
(of the entire document at once, even to find and correct one new word),
but this would not invoke automatic corrections,
according to the link previously mentioned.
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Joe Makowiec
> You would then have to manually invoke "Edit" | "Check spelling"
> (of the entire document at once, even to find and correct one new
> word),
You can highlight text, and have just that text spell-checked.
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Joe Makowiec
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j...@unspameljefe.net
I'm a lousy typist but a veteran proof-reader. I'd much rather proof
the entire email after I've written it than be distracted by the red
underlines every other word. (Okay, maybe not every other word, but I
fluffed six words in that first sentence, and there's no spell-check
in Free Agent.)
Also, no need to use Edit/Check Spelling. Ctrl+6 spell-checks.
But yeah, I lose the auto-correction if I turn off the red
underlining.