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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
For the purpose of becoming a better speller, Word should have the option to
catalog misspelled words. Words that the user more commonly typed correctly can be treated as "mistypes" and removed from the list. Then one could come back to this list for further study. Maybe a simple interface that can print a study list and does a spelling test type routine: Computer says the word, you type the word. Maybe even have a Typing Practice interface that takes the common mistypes and builds a practice routine to improve typing skills. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
Word is not a typing application. Word does make it easier to work around
common typos, however. When you right-click on a word marked as misspelled, instead of selecting the correct spelling, you can click on AutoCorrect and choose the correct spelling. From then on, whenever you type, for example, "sotre" (one of my bugaboos), you'll get "store" automatically. -- 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" wrote in message ... For the purpose of becoming a better speller, Word should have the option to catalog misspelled words. Words that the user more commonly typed correctly can be treated as "mistypes" and removed from the list. Then one could come back to this list for further study. Maybe a simple interface that can a study list and does a spelling test type routine: Computer says the word, you type the word. Maybe even have a Typing Practice interface that takes the common mistypes and builds a practice routine to improve typing skills. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
rndthought wrote:
For the purpose of becoming a better speller, Word should have the option to catalog misspelled words. Words that the user more commonly typed correctly can be treated as "mistypes" and removed from the list. Then one could come back to this list for further study. Maybe a simple interface that can print a study list and does a spelling test type routine: Computer says the word, you type the word. Maybe even have a Typing Practice interface that takes the common mistypes and builds a practice routine to improve typing skills. I don't agree that Word should be cluttered with this sort of thing. If you want a typing tutor, look for the "Mavis Beason Teaches Typing" program from Broderbund. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
While not as comprehesive as you suggest, you might find the following
useful: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/List_Spelling_Errors.htm |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
Suzanne,
I think you miss the point of my suggestion and maybe I confused it by going into the whole “Typing Practice” thing. That was really an afterthought. It would be a feature, if enabled, which would allow the creation of a list of words that the user can study. This feature would be useful for anyone to continue to enhance their vocabulary and more specifically for students who need to work on spelling. The Word application as it is does a fine job of auto correcting and a superb job of offering suggested corrections. Thank you for your feed back. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word is not a typing application. Word does make it easier to work around common typos, however. When you right-click on a word marked as misspelled, instead of selecting the correct spelling, you can click on AutoCorrect and choose the correct spelling. From then on, whenever you type, for example, "sotre" (one of my bugaboos), you'll get "store" automatically. |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
Jay,
Thank you for your thoughtful and insightful feed back. However, the typing tutor aspect was secondary to the building of a list of possible study words. "Jay Freedman" wrote: I don't agree that Word should be cluttered with this sort of thing. If you want a typing tutor, look for the "Mavis Beason Teaches Typing" program from Broderbund. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
Greg,
Thank you. It would require turning off the Auto Correct feature and not correcting any spelling errors during the creation of the document. Subsequently, it would require manually determining the intended word, potentially difficult to do when pulled out of context. Although I have no idea how to implement this as yet, I will ask if someone in the office can help. The instructions look clear for someone who has even a slight idea of how this works. Something like this with a bit more automation would be perfect. Thank you again. "Greg" wrote: While not as comprehesive as you suggest, you might find the following useful: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/List_Spelling_Errors.htm |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
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. "rndthought" wrote in message ... Suzanne, I think you miss the point of my suggestion and maybe I confused it by going into the whole “Typing Practice” thing. That was really an afterthought. It would be a feature, if enabled, which would allow the creation of a list of words that the user can study. This feature would be useful for anyone to continue to enhance their vocabulary and more specifically for students who need to work on spelling. The Word application as it is does a fine job of auto correcting and a superb job of offering suggested corrections. Thank you for your feed back. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word is not a typing application. Word does make it easier to work around common typos, however. When you right-click on a word marked as misspelled, instead of selecting the correct spelling, you can click on AutoCorrect and choose the correct spelling. From then on, whenever you type, for example, "sotre" (one of my bugaboos), you'll get "store" automatically. |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
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. |
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Word should catalog misspelled words to study.
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" wrote in message ... 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. |
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