Dean
Indeed, it's a problem with the spell-checker that it can't read one's mind
in order to know what was intended - only, with the crude state of the
supporting program, whether a word is correctly spelled - not whether it
makes sense in context which is obviously what I really need.
It's an unfortunate feature of the keyboard on my new PC (USB connector)
that I manage to hit two keys at the same time more than with the keyboard
on my older PC (PS/2 connector).
Anyhow that clearly is how "fort" got created and why it crept under the
radar.
But I'm puzzled. As far as I can see you are using upward pointing arrows to
highlight *two* mistakes. I obviously can see "fort" - now - but your arrows
do not identify it - even when copied to a file with non-proportional font.
I can't see to what the other arrows refer.
I commented on the spelling of "Unformatted" only because I thought I was
spell-checking specifically my text and I was surprised I appeared to have
got that wrong. This was not a spelling failure I expected I would make. My
favourite "double-letter" problem used to be refering [1] but I've got over
that now - I hope.
I'm afraid your "dinosaur" comment didn't make it though my thick hide. Is
the IBM world - or the wider world of computing - so anarchic now?
Chris Mason
[1] Yes, I know, spell-checker, it's "referring".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Kent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: The USS Heresy (was Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and
Hercules)
I'm going to do this to inject a little levity (I hope)...
"Chris Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Incidentally - only because I spell-check my posts - I may as well
"improve"
your knowledge by pointing out that it's "Unformatted" with two "t"s.
Please do me the courtesy of reading my posts before pontificating. If
you
^^^^
memory needs refreshing, please read through my very recent posts on this
topic. I'll say it again for your benefit fort the umpteenth time, I
^^^^
challenged the *belief*, not the *usage*.
Can we all agree that this is spelled 'IRONY'? ;-)
.
(snip)
Perhaps you do wish to promote "anarchy" after all.
Spoken like a true dinosaur!!
Regards,
Dean
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