spelll-check tweak?

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i've got windows mail set up to spell-check outgoing e-mail ... wonder if
anybody knows a way to tweak it, so that it IGNORES capitalization. i'm
aware that tuesday, microsoft, cleveland and osama should all be
capitalized, but i choose not to. i can direct spell-check to ignore words
that contain numerals ... would love to also turn off the checking of
capitalization. any windows wizards wanna tackle this one?

much thanks, bill
 
Nope, no way to tweak that.
Might as well choose to use real English the way you were taught
in school. When I see a lot of grammar and punctuation mistakes
it always makes me think that person flunked out of school...

Gary VanderMolen
 
on the first one it sees, simply click the ADD button to add the word without CAPS.



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i've got windows mail set up to spell-check outgoing e-mail ... wonder if
anybody knows a way to tweak it, so that it IGNORES capitalization. i'm
aware that tuesday, microsoft, cleveland and osama should all be
capitalized, but i choose not to. i can direct spell-check to ignore words
that contain numerals ... would love to also turn off the checking of
capitalization. any windows wizards wanna tackle this one?

much thanks, bill
 
That may get a little tiring by the time he gets to the 10,000th word.
It also would not solve the problem of beginning the first word in a
sentence with a capital letter.

Gary VanderMolen

on the first one it sees, simply click the ADD button to add the word without CAPS.

(e-mail address removed)



i've got windows mail set up to spell-check outgoing e-mail ... wonder if
anybody knows a way to tweak it, so that it IGNORES capitalization. i'm
aware that tuesday, microsoft, cleveland and osama should all be
capitalized, but i choose not to. i can direct spell-check to ignore words
that contain numerals ... would love to also turn off the checking of
capitalization. any windows wizards wanna tackle this one?

much thanks, bill
 
Well if you chose not to use English properly, then why are you surprised
that Microsoft chooses not to help you.
 
I'd already been using ADD, Mike, and you're right: It's amazing how
exponentially the frequency of spell-check flags diminished. Thanks for the
suggestion.

While I'm at it, I wonder if anyone else has noticed this: It's very common,
in my particular writing style, to use "words" like "gonna," "wanna,"
"willya" ... and other quaint Midwestern colloquialisms (I'm in Kansas,
after all). Using Vista's Windows Mail, spell-check stopped at each of these
and suggested, respectively, "going to," "want to" and "will you" ... I
don't believe Outlook Express' spell-check was that thorough. (Or I could
just be demonstrating my poor memory...)
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Absolutely! I have a habit of missing the Space Bar and typing something
like "goingto". Win Mail catches that very nicely and separates the words
whereas OE caught it, but didn't offer to separate them. Very nice!

Cheers, Dave
I'd already been using ADD, Mike, and you're right: It's amazing how
exponentially the frequency of spell-check flags diminished. Thanks for the
suggestion.

While I'm at it, I wonder if anyone else has noticed this: It's very common,
in my particular writing style, to use "words" like "gonna," "wanna,"
"willya" ... and other quaint Midwestern colloquialisms (I'm in Kansas,
after all). Using Vista's Windows Mail, spell-check stopped at each of these
and suggested, respectively, "going to," "want to" and "will you" ... I
don't believe Outlook Express' spell-check was that thorough. (Or I could
just be demonstrating my poor memory...)
 
To ease your troubled mind, Dan, rest assured that my command of the Queen's
English is better than average; in fact, among my vocational tasks is
proofreading for Adobe (yes, THAT Adobe) ... I kid you not. Despite the fact
that I began my previous missive with "I've got" instead of "I have," I'm
conscious of what is and isn't correct, even though I don't always choose to
follow those rules; oftentimes, a more relaxed, colloquial, even
uncapitalized, alternative would suffice, or just as often, it adds a little
flavor or texture. (Also, I don't get my rocks off by publicly insulting
complete strangers; would that you could say the same!)

Your comment, incidentally, should've ended in a question mark, not a
period. I'm just saying...

Bill
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I wasn't try to slam you, sorry you took it that way.
The reason Outlook Express was not as fussy is because it took it's spell
checker from Office. No Microsoft Office installed no spell checker.
 
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