TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail

[jonpan]

Yes, surely that's the point - the spell checker checks the spelling of each 
individual word but not its significance in a sentence or sequence of words.

John
Od/D

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail


But fist is a perfectly good word.

H Davis

edLynn wrote:
> Don -
>
> The spell checker is so good, that it passed "fist" when it should have 
> been
> "first". The program seems not to have brainpower, like it's user.
>
> ED
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "edLynn" <edlynn at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail
>
>
>
>> Don -
>>
>> I use Word all the time when composing important emails, because there is
>> so
>> much formatting I can do with it.
>>
>> I use Word 2003, but I would assume that MS hadn't taken away some of the
>> basics, as the years went on.
>>
>> On the opening toolbar, there is a direct connection to your email client
>> via an icon. Hover the mouse and it will say 'email', just save it fist
>> (another icon).
>>
>> Word has a good spell checker on the toolbar, that you can set to work as
>> you type.
>>
>> Also,  the right click context menu has a 'sendto'. I use 'mail
>> recipient's
>> there.
>>
>> You can also 'fax' the thing.
>>
>> The right click menu also has a 'translator option, which is more like a
>> dictionary, I believe.
>>
>> And you are so right about overkill. Everytime I use it(daily), I forget
>> where I had seen something, or other,  to do something, or other,  and I
>> end
>> up saying to myself, =@#$%^&^
>>
>> Isn't there software that instantly converts one language into another?
>> I've
>> seen it with English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Maybe Google has that
>> one in is back pocket:)
>>
>> Enjoy your surfing; we have 85 in S.E. Florida today.
>>
>> ED
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Don Penlington" <deepend at tpg.com.au>
>> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:15 AM
>> Subject: TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail
>>
>>
>>
>>> A friend has a new Sony laptop with Vista installed. She is Japanese.
>>>
>>> The primary language on the computer is English, but it seems to read
>>> Japanese characters in her email. She says she cannot type in
>>> Japanese---that's not a problem.
>>>
>>> When she creates a new email in Windows Mail and clicks on the 
>>> spellcheck
>>> icon, a message comes up that "spellcheck is not available in this
>>> language" (English)
>>>
>>> How can she install spellcheck into Windows Mail?
>>>
>>> Spellcheck in Word 2007 is working in English. As a possible workaround,
>>> we
>>> tried to compose an email in Word, but we could not find any way to send
>>> from Word direct to WinMail. There seem to be a few email icons in Word,
>>> but it's far from obvious. In fact, I'd describe Word 2007 as a complete
>>> shambles for those of us with IQ's of less than 20 (I couldn't even find
>>> any Help menus).
>>>
>>> Is there an easy way to send from Word to Email? There's nothing in the
>>> right-click menu that helps.
>>>
>>> I don't use Word myself and never have (now I remember why---it's simply
>>> gross overkill for 95% of users, and seems to even less intuitive now
>>> than
>>> it ever was). Though I do concede that it's wonderfully functional for
>>> those who know how to work it and need its vast functionality.
>>>
>>> While typing this, another question occurred to me, though it's not
>>> actually a problem---just idle curiosity at this stage.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to install 2 languages in XP or Vista, and switch from 
>>> one
>>> to another at will? With Japanese, I assume you'd at least need a second
>>> keyboard with Japanese characters. How would you get on with a laptop
>>> keyboard?
>>>
>>> Don Penlington
>>> From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland.
>>> Computer tutorials, local scenery,  and other things at my website:
>>> http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html
>>>
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