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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
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