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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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