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From: "Johnny Rosenberg" on 18 Jan 2008 17:15
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2008/1/16, Eric Jackson <ejackson1075(a)gmail.com>:
>
> I have had an idea in my head for a good spell checking feature, but since
> I'm not a programmer, there is little I can do with it. Basically instead
> of
> the spell checker correcting the spelling, the spell checker would show
> the
> correct spelling of the word and have the user type it in correctly a
> predefined number of times before moving on. This would obviously be
> annoying if one was in a hurry so it would be an optional feature that
> could
> be easily disabled at any time, but it would be great for developing
> spelling skills.
>
> Eric
>


Ha ha... I'd love that... for everyone else... I can only speak for myself,
but I think I know the spelling of most of the words I write, especially in
my own language, Swedish. Still I do a lot of spelling errors, but these are
in most cases just a result of things like hitting the wrong key and things
like that. It would be very frustrating to spell a word maybe ten times just
because my fingers slipped... but if the feature is possible to turn off,
why not?

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From: "Mike White" on 18 Jan 2008 17:59
I don't know about you, but I would rip the thing out by it's roots =
within a couple of hours. I can spell, but my wife cannot easily. For =
nothing else, marital harmony requires that I step on this as hard as I =
can. Besides, how would she continue to know that she needs me to check =
her spelling if this was there?

No we don't need this...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnny Rosenberg [mailto:gurus.knugum(a)gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:09 PM
To: discuss(a)openoffice.org
Subject: Re: [discuss] idea for alternate spell checker


2008/1/16, Eric Jackson <ejackson1075(a)gmail.com>:
>
> I have had an idea in my head for a good spell checking feature, but =
since
> I'm not a programmer, there is little I can do with it. Basically =
instead
> of
> the spell checker correcting the spelling, the spell checker would =
show
> the
> correct spelling of the word and have the user type it in correctly a
> predefined number of times before moving on. This would obviously be
> annoying if one was in a hurry so it would be an optional feature that
> could
> be easily disabled at any time, but it would be great for developing
> spelling skills.
>
> Eric
>


Ha ha... I'd love that... for everyone else... I can only speak for =
myself,
but I think I know the spelling of most of the words I write, especially =
in
my own language, Swedish. Still I do a lot of spelling errors, but these =
are
in most cases just a result of things like hitting the wrong key and =
things
like that. It would be very frustrating to spell a word maybe ten times =
just
because my fingers slipped... but if the feature is possible to turn =
off,
why not?


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From: Jean-Christophe Helary on 18 Jan 2008 22:36
An alternative idea is to use the spellchecker as it is and instead of
having it enter the correct spelling, type it oneself. I do that and
it works... :)

Jean-Christophe Helary

On 19 janv. 08, at 07:58, Mike White wrote:

> I don't know about you, but I would rip the thing out by it's roots
> within a couple of hours. I can spell, but my wife cannot easily.
> For nothing else, marital harmony requires that I step on this as
> hard as I can. Besides, how would she continue to know that she
> needs me to check her spelling if this was there?
>
> No we don't need this...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnny Rosenberg [mailto:gurus.knugum(a)gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:09 PM
> To: discuss(a)openoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [discuss] idea for alternate spell checker
>
>
> 2008/1/16, Eric Jackson <ejackson1075(a)gmail.com>:
>>
>> I have had an idea in my head for a good spell checking feature,
>> but since
>> I'm not a programmer, there is little I can do with it. Basically
>> instead
>> of
>> the spell checker correcting the spelling, the spell checker would
>> show
>> the
>> correct spelling of the word and have the user type it in correctly a
>> predefined number of times before moving on. This would obviously be
>> annoying if one was in a hurry so it would be an optional feature
>> that
>> could
>> be easily disabled at any time, but it would be great for developing
>> spelling skills.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>
>
> Ha ha... I'd love that... for everyone else... I can only speak for
> myself,
> but I think I know the spelling of most of the words I write,
> especially in
> my own language, Swedish. Still I do a lot of spelling errors, but
> these are
> in most cases just a result of things like hitting the wrong key and
> things
> like that. It would be very frustrating to spell a word maybe ten
> times just
> because my fingers slipped... but if the feature is possible to turn
> off,
> why not?
>
>
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Jean-Christophe Helary

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From: rob clement on 18 Jan 2008 23:36
Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> An alternative idea is to use the spellchecker as it is and instead of
> having it enter the correct spelling, type it oneself. I do that and it
> works... :)
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary
>
> On 19 janv. 08, at 07:58, Mike White wrote:
>
>> I don't know about you, but I would rip the thing out by it's roots
>> within a couple of hours. I can spell, but my wife cannot easily. For
>> nothing else, marital harmony requires that I step on this as hard as
>> I can. Besides, how would she continue to know that she needs me to
>> check her spelling if this was there?
>>
>> No we don't need this...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Johnny Rosenberg [mailto:gurus.knugum(a)gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:09 PM
>> To: discuss(a)openoffice.org
>> Subject: Re: [discuss] idea for alternate spell checker
>>
>>
>> 2008/1/16, Eric Jackson <ejackson1075(a)gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> I have had an idea in my head for a good spell checking feature, but
>>> since
>>> I'm not a programmer, there is little I can do with it. Basically
>>> instead
>>> of
>>> the spell checker correcting the spelling, the spell checker would show
>>> the
>>> correct spelling of the word and have the user type it in correctly a
>>> predefined number of times before moving on. This would obviously be
>>> annoying if one was in a hurry so it would be an optional feature that
>>> could
>>> be easily disabled at any time, but it would be great for developing
>>> spelling skills.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ha ha... I'd love that... for everyone else... I can only speak for
>> myself,
>> but I think I know the spelling of most of the words I write,
>> especially in
>> my own language, Swedish. Still I do a lot of spelling errors, but
>> these are
>> in most cases just a result of things like hitting the wrong key and
>> things
>> like that. It would be very frustrating to spell a word maybe ten
>> times just
>> because my fingers slipped... but if the feature is possible to turn off,
>> why not?
>>
>>
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>
> Jean-Christophe Helary
>
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How about an add-on to the current OpenOffice, called a spelling
teacher. THis add-on would do as has been suggested. I think there could
be people who need to do this, but there are many who would be too busy.

Rob

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From: "Twayne" on 20 Jan 2008 20:23
rob clement <rob(a)valleyoftears.co.uk> wrote:
> Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
>> An alternative idea is to use the spellchecker as it is and instead
>> of having it enter the correct spelling, type it oneself. I do that
>> and it works... :)
>>
>> Jean-Christophe Helary
>>
>> On 19 janv. 08, at 07:58, Mike White wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know about you, but I would rip the thing out by it's roots
>>> within a couple of hours. I can spell, but my wife cannot easily.
>>> For nothing else, marital harmony requires that I step on this as
>>> hard as I can. Besides, how would she continue to know that she
>>> needs me to
>>> check her spelling if this was there?
>>>
>>> No we don't need this...
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Johnny Rosenberg [mailto:gurus.knugum(a)gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:09 PM
>>> To: discuss(a)openoffice.org
>>> Subject: Re: [discuss] idea for alternate spell checker
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/1/16, Eric Jackson <ejackson1075(a)gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> I have had an idea in my head for a good spell checking feature,
>>>> but since
>>>> I'm not a programmer, there is little I can do with it. Basically
>>>> instead
>>>> of
>>>> the spell checker correcting the spelling, the spell checker would
>>>> show the
>>>> correct spelling of the word and have the user type it in
>>>> correctly a predefined number of times before moving on. This
>>>> would obviously be annoying if one was in a hurry so it would be
>>>> an optional feature that could
>>>> be easily disabled at any time, but it would be great for
>>>> developing spelling skills.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ha ha... I'd love that... for everyone else... I can only speak for
>>> myself,
>>> but I think I know the spelling of most of the words I write,
>>> especially in
>>> my own language, Swedish. Still I do a lot of spelling errors, but
>>> these are
>>> in most cases just a result of things like hitting the wrong key and
>>> things
>>> like that. It would be very frustrating to spell a word maybe ten
>>> times just
>>> because my fingers slipped... but if the feature is possible to
>>> turn off, why not?
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>
>>
>>
>> Jean-Christophe Helary
>>
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> How about an add-on to the current OpenOffice, called a spelling
> teacher. THis add-on would do as has been suggested. I think there
> could be people who need to do this, but there are many who would be
> too busy.
> Rob

Actually, that sounds interesting if you consider future users such as
school and high school students. It might even help to make OOo more a
part of some schools' curriculum.
IMO however it's a secondary consideration, but ... "future users"
could be a big number.

Just my 2 �

Twayne




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