Re: [icon-users] Feature Request - No thank you!
- From: Tricia Garner <tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:41:42 +0000 (GMT)
On 09 Dec, in article <4777a24e4f.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Paul Stewart <paulstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4f4ea231a4tim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <4f4e956d8ftricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tricia Garner
> > <tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> what drives me to distraction is spending time carefully crafting a
> >> document, printing it, putting it to one side and someone coming along
> >> and pointing out a typographical error which the spell checker would
> >> have picked up if only I had remembered to click the tick... A bit
> >> unfair to want the program to compensate for my shortcomings, I
> >> suppose.
> > Would it be an idea to be reminded to check spelling at the point of
> > Save or Print?
> Wouldn't it be much easier to simply highlight the word as well as or
> instead of, optional, beeping as currently happens. Nobody is asking
> for the spell checker to suddenly stop you in mid flow of your typing.
> Simply highlighting a spelling error and allowing you to continue to
> type is not exactly stopping anyone from carrying on with their
> document.
This nobody *is* asking for the spell checker to stop me in mid flow :-)
However, a combination of highlighting the word (in a bright colour) and a
reminder at the point of Save or Print would be good. The reminder is a
particularly good idea.
--
Tricia
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
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