TSGL: Spellcheck in Windows Mail
H Davis
hdavis1 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 17:47:37 EST 2008
Yes it does. I stand corrected. As you can see I don't use Word very
much and when I do it seems remarkably silent about my grammar and
style??? I certainly wasn't an English whiz in school so I'm suspicious.
I did check to see if everything was turned on and it was???
H Davis
Lyn Blyden & Les Ungerleider wrote:
> Yes it does. . .
>
> Lyn and Les
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of H Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:43 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> 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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