Thanks for the heads-up on Spell Catcher. I googled and found the
site tat sells it, but I'm going to have to wait till next month. I
live on Social Security Disability and have spent my limit for
internet purchases this month!
Yeah, on the grammar checker on Word, there are a lot of items that it
points out that I disagree with and subsequently ignore, but it does
help in catching small items that are mainly due to my ham-handed
typing. Didn't realize it was derived from Grammatik which I do
remember hearing about. I 'hate' the way Microsoft buys up other
products and then tries to integrate them into their system(s). I've
seen too many useful products disappear into that 'black hole' and are
never heard from again!
Anyway, thanks again,
Frank
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wrote:
>
> Frank:
>
> > The reason I bought PageStream is to do a newsletter for the SF club
>; > I'm in. I did the newsletter with Word on the first issue but never
> > again (shudder!)....
>;
> What an exercise that is with Word! I've had to do a bit of that
kind of
> thing lately, using Word to create posters. But then it is a word
> processor, not a layout program, so I can't scream too loudly. Only the
> next door neighbors can hear me.
>
> > ...I use it primarily for
> > checking spelling on the fly and somewhat the grammar....
>
> If you want to check spelling on the fly, you might try "Spell Cather."
> Don't have the .url handy at the moment, but respond in private if
> you're interested. It works system-wide in almost any application you
> want it to, including Word. I have on-the-fly turned off in Word and
let
> Spell Catcher do that. It's checking my spelling as I write this and
has
> caught a number of typos.
>
> Careful with the grammar checker. I don't think they've updated it
> Back when it was a standalone product, it was upgraded every year,
but I
> doubt much has happened since. Most people don't know what those green
> underlines mean and don't even realize that there's a grammar checker
> there. So, Microsoft doesn't seem to bother with it. It's more
...
>
> HB
>
.
