spelling

Mon
16
Jan
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How to Fix: Thunderbird Spell Check Won't Work

Infopackets Reader Bill V. writes: " Dear Dennis, I recently upgraded to Windows 10. Everything worked fine for a few months, but all the sudden my Start Menu stopped working. To fix that issue, I created a new user account and migrated over my data ... to the new account. Everything worked fine after that - however, my Thunderbird spell check won't work. If I go to Tools -> Options -> Composition -> Spelling tab, it has a check mark beside 'Enable spelling as you type', but the 'Language' option is grayed out. How can I fix this? " My response: I have not had this problem before, so I ... (view more)

Thu
31
Dec
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'Context-Sensitive Spelling Checker', and 'NTP Time Server'

Context-Sensitive Spelling Checker Context-Sensitive Spelling Checker (csSpell) is a spelling checker that examines words and their context to detect potential misspellings instead of using a spelling dictionary. csSpell can scan plain text files; ... files that contain non-text elements such as SGML, HTML, or XML tags; and even files that contain program code. http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com NTP Time Server This utility will set up a NTP time location for a Windows 2003 Server. You can run this against any remote server you have admin access to without having to be on it or remote-controlling it. ... (view more)

Wed
05
Nov
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Disable Editing Languages in MS Word 2007

Quite a few people have written to me complaining about Word 2007's spelling and grammar feature. Many times people complained about previous versions when they displayed the red and green squiggly lines under words but in this latest version, they ... are complaining about correct words marked as misspelled. This is not a problem within Word's Spelling and Grammar utilities. The editing language has somehow been changed in the latest version. If this happens to you, you can change your option so that it will not recur. Follow the steps below to find out how: Click the Office button. Select Word ... (view more)

Tue
04
Mar
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Ignore Me Please: MS Word

Somehow, some way, you have hit just the right key combination and now your Spellcheck is not checking your spelling in your documents! One should never rely primarily on MS Word's Spellcheck feature; you should also perform the old fashion ... proofread. Having said that, MS Word's Spellcheck is still pretty nifty to have and use and so you will want to rectify whatever you have done to make it stop working -- that is unless you enjoy going through a fifty page document word-by-word with a dictionary at your side. Nah, I didn't think you wanted to do that anymore than I would. If you want to ... (view more)

Tue
05
Sep
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Flesch-Kincaid Readability Score: MS Word

Your documents aren't much good to anyone if they aren't easily read and understood. Fortunately, MS Word has a built in feature that will give you a score, letting you know whether your document will be easily read and understood, and that is the ... Flesch-Kincaid Readability Score, which is one of the best known indicators measuring how easily an adult can read and understand a text. Readability statistics are good predictors of the level of difficulty of documents, particularly technical ones. To display the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease Readability Score in Word, follow the steps below: On the ... (view more)

Thu
10
Aug
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The Custom Dictionary: MS Word

When you click Add during a spell check, the marked word is not added to Word's Main Dictionary, but to your Custom Dictionary. A spell check will not stop on any word added to your Custom Dictionary. Editing the Custom Dictionary At time you may ... need to edit or delete an entry inadvertently added to your Custom Dictionary. You might also wish to add entries manually. To edit your Custom Dictionary: Choose Tools | Options Click the Spelling ... (view more)

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