RUN Script's spell checker works by comparing each word in a document with a list of words stored in a dictionary. Any word not located in the dictionary is marked. Later, you can edit these words if misspelled, replace them, add them to the dictionary or ignore them. You can store a dictionary of about 35,000 words on a 1541 drive, and a maximum of about 75,000 and 172,000, respectively, on the 1571 and 1581 drives. If you're using a C-64 with a RAM expander, you can copy a personalized dictionary to the RAM disk for incredibly rapid spell-checks. Contractions cannot be placed in the dictionary; they would be interpreted as two words.
Seven commands (l s @ < > $ x) are available within the spell checker, all of them activated by pressing the F1 key, and then the appropriate letter, just as in RUN Script Plus. All commands that access the disk drive require a device number to make working with two drives easier. Two additional commands are:
E--Counts the number of unique words in the document. Press F1 again to see all occurrences of all the words in the document.
W--Sets the minimum length for the words that you want to have checked.
To activate the spell checker from RUN Script Plus, press F1,Q. With the C-64, the spell checker program prompts you to enter the device number for the spell checker, then to insert the correct disk and press a key. Press F1,Q again, and you'll be prompted to enter the device number of the drive containing the dictionary. Then the checker proceeds with its work.
