wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) (10/24/86)
We need reviews of spelling checkers for use in conjunction with MS word and MacWrite. Special features required are: Easily tunable dictionaries (so that we can build one in German) Speed (should be faster than uploading to unix and using Spell) Capable of running on a wide variety of macs and configurations We would prefer if we could get academic discounts for site licenses, but this feature is not a hard requirement. I personally prefer a "batch" mode where the program builds a list of misspelled words for which I can later search at my liesure, however the other people here like interactive checkers. If spelling checkers for MAC were already reviewed here, please e-mail me some results. Vendors: Please mail me sales literature! UUCP: . . .!seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!Wyle Others: Wyle%ifi.ethz@cernvax
myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeff Myers) (10/30/86)
> We need reviews of spelling checkers for use in conjunction with > MS word and MacWrite. Special features required are: Why not examine October's MacUser, find the checker or checkers you think you will like, and THEN ask for people's experience with them. Time is money.
leeke@cascade.STANFORD.EDU (Steven D. Leeke) (10/31/86)
In article <395@ethz.UUCP> wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) writes: >We need reviews of spelling checkers for use in conjunction with >MS word and MacWrite. Special features required are: ^^^^^^^ >... >UUCP: . . .!seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!Wyle >Others: Wyle%ifi.ethz@cernvax Microsoft just announced Word 3.0 for the Mac (Yes, they went from 1.05 to 3.0 so they could claim the same vnum for IBM's and Mac's). It will have Ready-like outlining, text around graphics, mult. colums (no editing in mult. col. display mode, however), and a built-in spelling-checker and thesaurus. They expect volume shipments won't be until Jan. '87, though, so if you can wait it might be worth it. Maybe in another year wp on the Mac will be up to the technical level it is on the IBM's - wouldn't you like a WYSIWYG version of WordPerfect on the Mac - indicies, toc, arbit. tables, etc? (This is in the works, I believe). Steve Leeke -- Steven D. Leeke, Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University {ucbvax,decvax}!decwrl!glacier!leeke, leeke@cascade.stanford.edu Disclaimer: I disclaim any knowledge of the above message and its contents.