Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Programs Without Spell Check
I am very frustrated with programs that lack any kind of spell check feature. Not that I'm a bad speller, but I am a bad typist. In particular, a program that I have to use to do assessments at work, has no spell check, and has very small fonts that can't be enlarged.. This is professional writing, and type-o's seem to be a hot button with my supervisor. All was well when I was allowed to use abbreviations, but around the same time this software was foisted upon us, we were asked not to use abbreviations. The word that's tripping me up is CLIENT. I have routinely spelled it cleint or clinet - and with the small font, I often miss it with a visual proofread. In my efforts to correct this repeated mistake, I have banned the word from my comments - replaced with "subject" or "offender", though I really do prefer "client". The old software didn't have spell check either, but it was much friendlier. This is an awful program, and the developers need slapped. Moving from page to page is excrutiating, though it supposedly works well for communication between agencies and permissions - but that's not the function I use.
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I have by my desktop computer an older version of the Franklin Language Master. It doesn't talk, it's just a dictionary for words. Not for any technical field just words. I'm biased in that I think I have the perfect version. While I have purchased a couple of newer versions I like my older unit a lot better. But if you've never used one it may not make a difference to you
ReplyDeleteCruise Franklin's web site and see if anything suits you.l find mine almost totally indispensable. And, "Yes", I just looked up "indispensable" because I'm typing fast (for me) and didn't want to louse up the spelling. (c;