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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Highlighting spelling mistakes
From:       RBE <rbe () flash ! net>
Date:       2001-06-05 3:54:37
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On Monday 04 June 2001 11:07, Marko Samastur wrote:

> I completely agree with you that spell checking as you go
> lowers productivity and should be done after you've typed
> text. Which is the right time for formatting as well.
>
> However, IMO this is missing the point. Different people work
> differently. Some try to be as productive as they can be, some
> just like to see the text in its final form as soon as they
> enter it and don't mind how long it takes. It might not be
> optimal, but why force one side on this issue, when you can
> easily make happy both?

And some like their re-writing (of which I do a lot) to be free 
of having to even think of misspellings.  My favorite spelling 
feature is "auto-correct" which fixes my most common spelling 
errors as I type.  I don't even have to think about it.

I also find that a misspelling "feels" wrong and I go back to 
correct it, anyway.  The underline makes it much easier to spot 
and faster.  As has been said repeatedly, different writers have 
different needs and wants in writing.  There is absolutely NO 
single BEST way to write and claims to the contrary seek to 
force an ever-shifting majority's opinion on all the rest of us.

Sorry.  I like choices and I prefer for them to be easily made.

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