[comp.sys.ibm.pc] On-the-fly spelling checkers

celoni@navajo.UUCP (02/26/87)

in article <1115@uwmacc.UUCP>, anderson@uwmacc.UUCP (Jess Anderson) says:
> In article <4681@shemp.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU#, flowers@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU writes:
> 
> # Does anyone know of any spelling checking which...
> # check words as you type them...
>
> ... MS Word 3.1 [has] the Word Finder spelling checker....

Regarding the query:  FinalWord II (Mark of the Unicorn/ FW Corp.)
will, if you like, check your spelling as you type, and has lots to
offer as an text editor and formatter.

Regarding the follow-up:  I think Word's spelling checker is Oasis's
The Word Plus.  Word Finder is its thesaurus.

+j