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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Highlighting spelling mistakes
From:       Jonathan Drews <j.e.drews () worldnet ! att ! net>
Date:       2001-06-04 2:11:15
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On Sunday 03 June 2001 08:25, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Sunday 03 June 2001 17:02, Jono Bacon wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Just a quick question...are there plans to implement the kind of squiggly
> > red line when editing a document that identifies a spelling mistake?
> >
> > When demoing KOffica I get asked this a *lot*.
>
> All user tests have shown that this decreases productivity, I am against
> adding this badly founded feature.
>
> People should not type and consider spelling at the same time, the most
> productive users first type, then correct in a second pass.


 I have to agree with Mr. Zander's sentiments. For chemistry lab reports, 
this sort of thing is an annonyance. For instance M$ Office 97 underlines 
chemical formulas like CH3CN and so forth. It's a real chore dealing with 
overly helpful word processors. 

-- 
						Cheers,

						Jonathan

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