[discuss] About Writer
4/15/2006 Good morning, I wonder if the new release of Open Office includes grammar checking in "Writer." thanks, Charlie
Re: [discuss] About Writer
Charles Griffin wrote: 4/15/2006 Good morning, I wonder if the new release of Open Office includes grammar checking in "Writer." thanks, Charlie No it doesn't. There was a lot of discussion about grammer checkers about a year or more ago. One of the most mentioned things was how bad most current grammer checkers actually are, especially the one in MS Word. Gramatick, (not sure of the spelling) a grammer checker that came bundled with Wordstar was actually better, in any case there was as much sentiment against grammer checkers as for them. I should mention that much of the most important functions of a grammer checker can be handled by Writer's AutoCorrect function. This is available through the Tools menu. You can set it up to automatically do many things like always capitalize the first word of a sentence, always capitalize any letter i when it is by itself, and many more things. For my use I find that I can get about everything I need in grammer checking through programming AutoCorrect. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] About Writer
Charles wrote: > Good morning, I wonder if the new release of Open Office includes grammar > checking in Available as an add on utility. OR should I say Add on utilities . There are roughly ten grammar checkers, which provide grammar checking for roughly fifteen different languages. However, the quality of that grammar checking range is almost able to validate first person singular nominative present pluperfect subjunctive active voice. OTOH, that is about the quality of Microsoft's grammar checking. Which is a round about way of saying that if you want a grammar checker in English, you are better off using _The King's English --- for British English, or _The elements of Style _ for American English, The Lumko Institute Work book for IsiXhosa, and the equivalents in other languages. ### For a list of which grammar checker works for which languages, hunt thru OOoForums. There is a slightly different list on the OOo website. However, the last time I looked at it, it omitted at least five grammar checkers for OOo including the commercial ones. xan jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Motto of Nacarima.
