kriss@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (R M Kriss) (08/29/88)
Does anyone know of a Spell Checker that works with MockWrite? The only way I know is to load the MockWrite generated text into a Word Processor that supports a Spell Checker. What I would like is a DA Checker that will work on a MockWrite file. I have MacLightning V2.0 that checks the spelling, but will not correct the errors in a MockWrite file. Also, Target Software no longer supports MacLightning. Please reply by Email as I do not have real time access to the net. Dick Kriss kriss@austin.lockheed.com 512-448-5153
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (09/02/88)
Try Coach, it will check it as you type (works fine in miniWRITER). Mark Cookson
thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu (09/06/88)
I've never tried it, but this sounds tailor-made for "Thunder!", a DA spelling-checker that's gotten pretty good reviews all around. I don't know who makes it, and I'm not affiliated with them, whoever they are. Mark Thompson TA, Univ of Illinois
gross@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Evan Gross [Sys Des]) (09/08/88)
Who publishes Thunder!? Electronic Arts publishes Thunder!. It's available just about everywhere. You can get it for about $30 by mail order. Evan Gross (Author of Thunder!)
macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) (09/10/88)
In response to the original query about a spell-checker for MockWrite... Perhaps you would do better with the commercial version of McSink. This DA started out as shareware and is still available as such in its latest incarnation, v. 6.1. However, the author has added some new features, including macros and a built-in spell-checker, and has made it available in the enhanced version as a commercial DA. I've been using McSink for some time now, and I find it invaluable. It has replaced MockWrite as my most used DA. McSink can work with files many times the size of the 28K (I believe) limitation of MockWrite, offers multiple windows, a host of formatting commands, fonts, etc., etc. MockWrite was fine in its time, but that time has passed, and it is showing its age when compared to DA's like McSink. Here's the ordering info from the McSink DA: - - - Cut Here - - - Order by sending check or money order to: Preferred Software, Inc. 5100 Poplar Ave., Suite 2716 Memphis, TN 38137 Or you can place a VISA or MC order at (800) 423-0276, X4700. For information or support, call (901) 683-3383. Your name: Company: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: EMAIL addesss: Version you have: 6.1 Version you want: ___ Commercial ($40.00) ___ Shareware ($30.00) Where you got it: Comments: *--> Thanks!! <--* - - - Cut Here - - - By the way, the author of McSink is Dave McWherter. The name of the commercial version of the DA is "Vantage". Although I do not yet have the commercial version and so cannot verify that it is all that it is claimed to be, since I have had such a positive experience with McSink, I have little fear that Vantage will prove to be an excellent DA also. Jim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Jim --> macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) {Standard disclaimer, nothin' fancy!} >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<