TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail

Wed Mar 5 17:34:50 EST 2008

Yes it does. . .

Lyn and Les
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Subject: Re: TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail

For that you need a grammar checker, which Word doesn't have.

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> 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>
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> 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>
>> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
>> 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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