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Re: slow spell-checking



>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> writes:
In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.960315015108.198A-100000@starfleet.gov> Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> writes:


    Donald> On 13 Mar 1996, Yaron M. Minsky wrote:
    >> I'm using Word 5.1a on E/L 1.99q7.  I've noticed that
    >> spell-checking is really awfully slow.  Does anyone know a)
    >> why, b) how it can be fixed c) if this is something that will
    >> be fixed in future revisions of executor
    >> 
    >> Thanks, and kudos on all the good work,

    Donald> I have noticed the slow spell checking too.  It was even
    Donald> slow for me when I was running Word5 on a real Mac (I had
    Donald> a Classic; well, that is understandable, but it was also
    Donald> slow for me on the IIsi I bought later).

    Donald> When I was using it on the Mac, I was able to get it to
    Donald> run faster (at the expense of a feature) by turning off
    Donald> "Always suggest correct spellings" (or whatever) in the
    Donald> Spelling "control panel".  I did this because I know how
    Donald> to spell and usually make errors like "Teh" instead of
    Donald> "The", which is obvious enough that I don't need it to
    Donald> suggest a correct spelling.  When I run into a tricky
    Donald> word, like "ornithology" I can then hit the "Suggest"
    Donald> button to have it make a suggestion.

    Donald> I'd like to do this under Executor, the only problem is
    Donald> that (apparently) any changes I make to the Spelling
    Donald> preferences DO NOT GET SAVED!!  Which is pretty odd, don't
    Donald> you think?

    Donald> I also cannot use Custom dictionaries.  They just don't
    Donald> work, for some reason.

    Donald> Are you aware of this, ARDI (or other Executor people)?
    Donald> Any workarounds/fixes in the works?

We are aware of these bugs, we don't know when we'll have a fix for
them, though.  They're fairly important, but we're fairly swamped.

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--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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