Yes for a spell checker. Also the capability to put S-Plus, SAS, SPSS,
SYSTAT graphics into a layout.
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From: Perry Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'climber' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 4:47 AM
Subject: RE: MI Spell checker for MapInfo Professional
> Stan,
>
> What I would like to see is the ability to insert Word documents, Excel
> spreadsheets and (ESPECIALLY!) Crystal reports into layouts. Why recreate
> Word processing functionality in MapInfo? Leave the spell checking,
> justification, etc. to a proper word processor. The most annoying thing is
> that we can now (finally!) create decent reports using Crystal, but these
> can't be combined with a map and printed on the same sheet!
>
> I think this is a matter for the wish list (for next year).
>
> Chris Perry
> Systems Development CoOrdinator
> Parks Victoria
> Melbourne Australia
> Ph: 613 9816 6800
> Fax: 613 9816 9876
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: climber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 1999 20:56
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI Spell checker for MapInfo Professional
>
>
> Dear fellow MapInfo users,
>
> I have been a MapInfo user since 1996, when I took my first Vector based
> GIS course using MapInfo v 3.03 on a Mac IIci. I am currently a student
> user of Mapinfo Professional 5.0, as well as Vertical Mapper 2.1.1. The
> one major thing which I think needs to be addressed is a spell checker
> for the text boxes in MapInfo. Also the text boxes having a limit of
> 254 characters is far too short for people who wish to keep paragraphs
> of data together on a map. In several instances in the past, when
> working for the government and the private sector, as well as my honours
> thesis in structural geology, I have encountered difficulties in keeping
> textual information in a document style which approximates that found in
> any map which has large volumes of description about the source data,
> it's source, and other attributes of the map.
>
> I hope MapInfo Corp. looks at this issue and addresses it for all of us
> who would find a spell checker and enhanced text box length useful.
> Corel did it with CorelDRAW, I don't see why MapInfo can't do it with
> MapInfo.
>
> The best option may be to add a link to the users word processor (Word,
> Wordperfect, Word Pro), so that all the custom dictionaries that the
> user has set up for his or her specific profession are easily spell
> checked in MapInfo. I don't see this as major a programming challenge
> as creating an entire spell checker and associated dictionary.
>
> Just a thought, anybody agree with me?
>
> Stan
>
>
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