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Re: slow spell-checking
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,
I have noticed the slow spell checking too. It was even slow for me when
I was running Word5 on a real Mac (I had a Classic; well, that is
understandable, but it was also slow for me on the IIsi I bought later).
When I was using it on the Mac, I was able to get it to run faster (at
the expense of a feature) by turning off "Always suggest correct
spellings" (or whatever) in the Spelling "control panel". I did this
because I know how to spell and usually make errors like "Teh" instead of
"The", which is obvious enough that I don't need it to suggest a correct
spelling. When I run into a tricky word, like "ornithology" I can then
hit the "Suggest" button to have it make a suggestion.
I'd like to do this under Executor, the only problem is that (apparently)
any changes I make to the Spelling preferences DO NOT GET SAVED!! Which
is pretty odd, don't you think?
I also cannot use Custom dictionaries. They just don't work, for some
reason.
Are you aware of this, ARDI (or other Executor people)? Any
workarounds/fixes in the works?
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