2009/2/6 Gene Young <[email protected]> > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> 2009/2/5 Harold Fuchs <[email protected]> >> >> >>> 2009/2/4 JOE Conner <[email protected]> >>> >>> Harold Fuchs wrote: >>> >>>> On 04/02/2009 10:29, ABELITIS SOLICITORS wrote: >>>>> >>>>> hello >>>>>> Can U assist? How do I get spell check to vet emails? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Ian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> You have sent a message to the group of volunteers who help users of >>>>> OpenOffice.org, a free office suite that competes with Microsoft >>>>> Office. As >>>>> such we have nothing to do with e-mail. You need to consult the support >>>>> group for whichever e-mail program you are using. A company called >>>>> Isota >>>>> sells a spell check program for Outlook Express, which is what you >>>>> appear to >>>>> be using.. >>>>> >>>>> However, that being said, you can compose your email message with >>>>> >>>> OpenOffice.org writer, spell check it with the writer spell check, then >>>> FILE >>>> -> SEND which gives you the choices: >>>> 1. DOCUMENT AS EMAIL which will generate an outgoing email with your >>>> document as an attachment, >>>> 2. EMAIL AS OPENDOCUMENT TEXT, >>>> 3. EMAIL AS MICROSOFT WORD which attaches your composition to an >>>> outgoing >>>> Word.DOC, >>>> 4. EMAIL AS PDF which will attach your composition to an outgoing email >>>> as >>>> a .PDF file. >>>> Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA >>>> >>>> This is true for new messages. Unfortunately it's rather cumbersome for >>>> >>> replies: you'd have to copy/paste the original into Writer, enter your >>> reply >>> and then use Writer's EMAIL option, possibly re-typing the entire to: and >>> cc: lists. Addresses on any bcc: list would get lost as you wouldn't have >>> seen them so wouldn't know to re-enter them. >>> >>> >> I overlooked a simpler solution: >> 1. Use the mail program to do Reply or Reply All. The result will be a >> properly addressed message containing the text of conversation to date. >> 2. *Cut* the above mentioned text from the e-mail message and paste it >> into >> a new Writer document. The Reply e-mail will now be properly addressed but >> will contain no text. >> 3. Compose your reply using Writer, interleaving as appropriate. >> 4. Copy (or cut) the Writer text and paste it into the (now blank) e-mail. >> 5. Use the e-mail program's Send function to send the message. >> >> More cumbersome than having a spell checker within the e-mail program but >> a >> lot less cumbersome than my original thought. >> >> Sorry. >> >> >> How about easier. Compose your message in oo.o. Cut or copy the text. > Go to your mail program and hit reply. Paste in the appropriate location. > > Works well if there is only one "appropriate location" ...
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