riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) (09/15/90)
>In article <4cca39d9.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> esteban@apollo.HP.COM (Steven Fernandez) writes: >> >>Can anybody recommend a good shareware Spelling Checker? >> How about a thesaurus? I use WordPerfect, but find the thesaurus very weak, compared to those available in book form (such as Roget's). Actually I would also be interested in commercial versions... Carl Riehm.
sun060@Lovelacecd.uakron.edu (Howard Lymor) (09/16/90)
In article <26F23587.1291@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>, riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) writes: |> >In article <4cca39d9.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> esteban@apollo.HP.COM (Steven Fernandez) writes: |> >> |> >>Can anybody recommend a good shareware Spelling Checker? |> >> |> |> How about a thesaurus? I use WordPerfect, but find the thesaurus very weak, |> compared to those available in book form (such as Roget's). Actually I would |> also be interested in commercial versions... Carl Riehm. If a thesaurus is what you're looking for (and a spell checker, albeit not shareware), check out Turbo Lighting (I think it's from Borland). It has a large and a small dictionary file because it's a TSR. When I was using it, I found it to be faster than most of the integrated spelling checkers/ thesauruses (or is it thesauri) on the market (I now do most of my wp in Windows 3.0 or on a, dare I say it here, MacIntosh). It also supports user dictionaries and thesauri (sp?, I wish it ran under Unix). Anyway, it's quick, pretty comprehensive, and as I remember, relatively inexpensive. It's worth a look. Howard Lymor -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- | Howard J. Lymor | r3hjl@vax1.cc.uakron.edu | | My opinions are my own, and | Or you can try me through good ole AT&T | | even I disown them! | (216) 434 - 9157 (after 10PM EST, Usually) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------