Re: Word should catalog misspelled words to study.

Tony,

First, don’t debase yourself. You do not “half to”, you choose to. Second,
neither you nor Suzanne has established how “word processing” explicitly
excludes building a personalized list of misspelled words for further study,
personal development.

You and Suzanne have chosen a difficult point to argue (and for no reason).
If MS Word can manipulate HTML with web page previews, embed Excel tables
able to be edited from within the document and manipulate image
characteristics; the word processor has shattered the complexity barrier it
would take to build a simple list file - if the option was selected – of
misspelled words. The text to voice feature is already in place. The
argument that my request would add too much complexity is simply absurd and
baseless. My suggestion is not unreasonable and certainly not close to the
horrible washer parallel. Trying to negate a "spelling is to word
processing" relationship? You will half to try very hard.

While MS Word is ubiquitous, not just CEOs and MPV use the program daily but
it is on essentially every school computer in my district, it is not always
possible to rely on the crutch of spell check and auto replace in the real
word. This spelling tutor feature is one from which my children and I
believe many children and adults would greatly benefit.

The cause for so much resistance and the need to voice it still baffling… It
is just a list of misspelled words. Why would this be so disconcerting?

As always, except for the washer thing, thank you for the thoughtful comments.


"Tony Jollans" wrote:

> I'd have to agree with Suzanne here. Word Processing is what Word does. Just
> because it uses words does not mean that it does, or should, provide every
> imaginable function that might also use words; before you know it someone
> will be suggesting that it solve crosswords.
>
> It is generally true that adding essentially unrelated functionality is
> likely to bring problems. Imagine trying to add a dish-washing facility to
> your washing machine; they both use water and detergent to get things clean,
> so why not?
>
> --
> Enjoy,
> Tony
>
>
> "rndthought" <rndthought@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:669AD00B-F1F5-474B-B9CA-D643A8CAFB1C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Suzanne, spelling is Fundamental to this purpose. Period.
> >
> > Again, why so much resistance and the need to voice it?
> >
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> > > A word processor is a way for people who know what they want to say and
> how
> > > to say it to put those words on paper. Some of the functions you mention
> > > (such as automatic creation of TOCs) are fundamental to this purpose.
> Auto
> > > formatting certainly facilitates it. Keep in mind that a huge target
> market
> > > for Microsoft is "knowledge workers" (secretaries and the like) and
> > > executives in large corporations. They need to be able to create letters
> and
> > > reports and easily and quickly as possible. It is assumed that they
> either
> > > know how to spell or will depend on spell check to correct their
> spelling.
> > > I'll grant you that this is an unreasonable assumption in the first
> instance
> > > and a dangerous one in the second, but there you have it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > Words into Type
> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so
> > > all may benefit.
> > >
> > > "rndthought" <rndthought@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:61E72678-924E-421E-8801-E2C112916567@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Suzanne,
> > > >
> > > > You make a good observation in regards to trying to be all things. As
> for
> > > > keeping MS Word from loosing sight of the "primary functions" (or
> > > focus)... I
> > > > believe even a cursory overview of the options and abilities in Word
> > > show's
> > > > the ship has set sail (Invoicing with macros, auto creation of TOC,
> auto
> > > > formatting, Auto fill forms, creating HTML documents, altering Image
> > > > attributes - all on a word processor???). It seems to me that MS
> Word
> > > most
> > > > definitely has higher aspirations than that of a functioned word
> processor
> > > or
> > > > computerize type writer.
> > > >
> > > > If a spelling tutor, I like that term Suzanne, doesn't belong in a
> program
> > > > whose primary purpose is to type words in the creation of documents,
> > > > presumably for purpose of communicating information accurately...where
> > > then?
> > > >
> > > > This isn't a fundamental change in the program or a complete change in
> the
> > > > interface (which is coming in the next version)...simply an option (or
> if
> > > > possible a macro as Greg has shown in a limited fashion) that could be
> > > > enabled for those that wish to expand their spelling abilities. Why
> so
> > > much
> > > > resistance and need to voice it?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you again for the thoughtful comments.
> > > >
> > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Where Word most often gets into trouble is through trying to be all
> > > things
> > > > > to all people. I don't imagine, however, that the Word developers
> will
> > > ever
> > > > > so far lose sight of the primary functions of Word as to incorporate
> > > > > features that make it a spelling tutor.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > > > Words into Type
> > > > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > > newsgroup so
> > > > > all may benefit.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Spelling
    ... Many thanks Suzanne - I'll certainly check it out. ... Microsoft MVP (Word) ... Take a Word doc from the PC where spelling DOES NOT work and put it on ... It seems that the facility for seeing misspelled words and for right ...
    (microsoft.public.word.newusers)
  • Re: when you type Email in word its turn into E-Mail
    ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... "Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker" checked in Tools | AutoCorrect Options. ... >> Microsoft MVP (Word) ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • Re: Spell Check still not working
    ... the problem is that eveytime you un-check "Do not check spelling or ... grammar" it re-sets it self. ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • Re: Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
    ... Suzanne, spelling is Fundamental to this purpose. ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • Re: Spell Check still not working
    ... notice that "Hide spelling errors" has nothing to do ... Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org ... Suzanne, the problem is that eveytime you un-check "Do not check spelling ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
Loading