I use Zempt to post to this site. I like Zempt a lot, but it has the most worthless piece of shit spell checker ever. I know I shouldn't be complaining about free software, but I'd pay for it if it could actually catch more than 50% of the spelling errors.
Why can't someone make a plug-in for Word (which has an excellent spell checker and grammar checker) to do blog posts? Assuming that's not going to happen anytime soon, I'd settle for an offline posting program with a decent spell checker.
BTW - w.bloggar's spell checker is no better than Zempt's...
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I've never tried it, but ho... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jerry | February 24, 2004 5:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've never tried it, but how about thest two articles from MS on using the Spell checker...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q262605"]http://suppo-
rt.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q262605
or
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q243844&"]http://suppo-
rt.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q243844
1. Posted by Jerry | February 24, 2004 5:51 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2004 17:51
2. Posted by Jerry | February 24, 2004 5:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oops. "These". Ironic.
2. Posted by Jerry | February 24, 2004 5:52 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2004 17:52
3. Posted by Claire | February 24, 2004 6:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Isn't there Text Edit or Notepad for Windoze? You poor, poor M$ people...
3. Posted by Claire | February 24, 2004 6:39 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2004 18:39
4. Posted by Jane | February 24, 2004 7:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
wads rong wid yur spiling? I neva notised a ting.
4. Posted by Jane | February 24, 2004 7:19 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2004 19:19
5. Posted by Kevin | February 24, 2004 8:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Claire there are plenty of notepad replacements, some with spelling. I'm talking about offline blogging clients only (Zempt, w.bloggar, etc.).
5. Posted by Kevin | February 24, 2004 8:13 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2004 20:13
6. Posted by Fritz | February 24, 2004 9:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Nooooo! You're inviting Microsoft to take over the blogging market. Just thinking it will make it happen (they monitor our thoughts, you know). They'll buy out the Trotts and turn MT into a horrible Word/Frontpage add on -- take it back. In the name of everything holy TAKE IT BACK!
6. Posted by Fritz | February 24, 2004 9:20 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2004 21:20
7. Posted by Kevin | February 25, 2004 2:06 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An expensive alternative is buying a mac. If you use kung-log to post, you get to use the Mac's built-in spell checker
7. Posted by Kevin | February 25, 2004 2:06 AM |
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Posted on February 25, 2004 02:06
8. Posted by Paul | February 25, 2004 1:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just get a Mac and use Safari.
It's faster anyway.
8. Posted by Paul | February 25, 2004 1:46 PM |
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Posted on February 25, 2004 13:46
9. Posted by Kathy K | February 25, 2004 7:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sometimes misspellings are fortuitous. I once made a typo in a title from 'our friends the Saudis' to 'our fiends the Saudis'. Needless to say, my spellcheck didn't catch it. It's since become a favorite title of mine...
I use MSIE for posting to MT (it's about the only thing I use MSIE for) and there's a nice little spellcheck plugin called iespell that I like a lot.
9. Posted by Kathy K | February 25, 2004 7:07 PM |
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Posted on February 25, 2004 19:07
10. Posted by James Joyner | February 25, 2004 8:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, I use iespell, too. It works on other blogs (comments), other sites, etc. as well.
Indeed, I though it was you who told me about it?
10. Posted by James Joyner | February 25, 2004 8:47 PM |
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Posted on February 25, 2004 20:47
11. Posted by Kevin | February 25, 2004 9:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It was. I use it in IE, but it doesn't work in Zempt or w.bloggar.
11. Posted by Kevin | February 25, 2004 9:03 PM |
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Posted on February 25, 2004 21:03