• EasiWriter: Spell Check

    From Chris Dale@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 15 15:17:33 2021
    Hi,
    I have EasiWriter V9.12 running on my Titanium with RO5.28
    For a long time I haven't been unable to spell check various documents. If
    I select 'Spelling' then 'Check All' I get '0 words checked' and 'xxx
    (total number of words) words marked to be ignored'. If I open a new
    document and type in some words, they can be spell checked, no problem. If
    I copy and paste the text from a problem document onto a new document, I
    get the same problem of all the words marked to be ignored.

    I had advice about the same problem 5 years ago and the problem seemed to
    be that the country was set to 'None'. I created a new stationery file
    called 'UK' with the country set to UK. I don't know what has happened but
    with that 'UK' stationery selected I get the same problem. Having written
    my 7000+ word document I want to spell check it. If I look at Menu 'Text'
    'Country' it shows 'None' If I change 'Country' to 'UK' that setting
    seems to be ignored and if I save the document the 'Country' setting has changed back to 'None'.

    I'd be grateful for any advice.

    Thanks,

    Chris Dale

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  • From Martin Wuerthner@21:1/5 to Chris Dale on Mon May 17 13:06:38 2021
    Chris Dale <chris@acdale.plus.com> wrote:

    Hi, I have EasiWriter V9.12 running on my Titanium with RO5.28 For a long time I haven't been unable to spell check various documents. If I select 'Spelling' then 'Check All' I get '0 words checked' and 'xxx (total number
    of words) words marked to be ignored'. If I open a new document and type
    in some words, they can be spell checked, no problem. If I copy and paste
    the text from a problem document onto a new document, I get the same
    problem of all the words marked to be ignored.

    I had advice about the same problem 5 years ago and the problem seemed to
    be that the country was set to 'None'. I created a new stationery file
    called 'UK' with the country set to UK. I don't know what has happened but with that 'UK' stationery selected I get the same problem. Having written
    my 7000+ word document I want to spell check it. If I look at Menu 'Text'
    'Country' it shows 'None' If I change 'Country' to 'UK' that setting
    seems to be ignored and if I save the document the 'Country' setting has changed back to 'None'.

    As so often with EasiWriter it all boils down to the selection. The "Text => Country" setting operates on the selection, so if you do not select
    anything, you apply this change only to text you are about to type. To
    change the country setting of the entire document, click on the Selection
    field (the field that shows "Text selection") until it shows "Document",
    then go to "Text => Country" and choose UK. Having done that, it is still possible that the document setting is overridden at some more specific
    level, e.g., a chapter or a paragraph, but it is most likely that this is
    not the case.

    Before applying such a manual document override, you may also want to check whether maybe the Document style has the wrong Country setting. The easiest
    way to do that is to choose "View => Style finder...", which shows all
    styles that contribute to the text at the caret, then click on "Edit..."
    next to the "Document style" entry at the bottom, which brings up the style editor for the document style. Click on "Text..." to show the text
    properties. If the displayed country setting in the "Country" field is not "UK", choose "UK" from the pop-up menu next to it, then click on "OK", and
    then "OK" again in the style editor to apply it.

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  • From Chris Dale@21:1/5 to Martin Wuerthner on Mon May 17 12:47:51 2021
    In message <mpro.qt9072001bl3507d4.spamtrap@mw-software.com>
    Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> wrote:

    Chris Dale <chris@acdale.plus.com> wrote:

    Hi, I have EasiWriter V9.12 running on my Titanium with RO5.28 For a long
    time I haven't been unable to spell check various documents. If I select
    'Spelling' then 'Check All' I get '0 words checked' and 'xxx (total number >> of words) words marked to be ignored'. If I open a new document and type
    in some words, they can be spell checked, no problem. If I copy and paste
    the text from a problem document onto a new document, I get the same
    problem of all the words marked to be ignored.

    I had advice about the same problem 5 years ago and the problem seemed to
    be that the country was set to 'None'. I created a new stationery file
    called 'UK' with the country set to UK. I don't know what has happened but >> with that 'UK' stationery selected I get the same problem. Having written >> my 7000+ word document I want to spell check it. If I look at Menu 'Text' >>> 'Country' it shows 'None' If I change 'Country' to 'UK' that setting
    seems to be ignored and if I save the document the 'Country' setting has
    changed back to 'None'.

    As so often with EasiWriter it all boils down to the selection. The "Text => Country" setting operates on the selection, so if you do not select
    anything, you apply this change only to text you are about to type. To
    change the country setting of the entire document, click on the Selection field (the field that shows "Text selection") until it shows "Document",
    then go to "Text => Country" and choose UK. Having done that, it is still possible that the document setting is overridden at some more specific
    level, e.g., a chapter or a paragraph, but it is most likely that this is
    not the case.

    Before applying such a manual document override, you may also want to check whether maybe the Document style has the wrong Country setting. The easiest way to do that is to choose "View => Style finder...", which shows all
    styles that contribute to the text at the caret, then click on "Edit..."
    next to the "Document style" entry at the bottom, which brings up the style editor for the document style. Click on "Text..." to show the text properties. If the displayed country setting in the "Country" field is not "UK", choose "UK" from the pop-up menu next to it, then click on "OK", and then "OK" again in the style editor to apply it.

    Thanks Martin. I will make a note of this.

    Chris Dale

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  • From Russell Hafter News@21:1/5 to Chris Dale on Mon May 17 12:37:07 2021
    In article <d8c8092d59.acdale@chris.acdale.plus.com>,
    Chris Dale <chris@acdale.plus.com> wrote:

    I had advice about the same problem 5 years ago and the
    problem seemed to be that the country was set to 'None'.
    I created a new stationery file called 'UK' with the
    country set to UK. I don't know what has happened but
    with that 'UK' stationery selected I get the same
    problem.

    Having written my 7000+ word document I want
    to spell check it. If I look at Menu 'Text' -> 'Country'
    it shows 'None' If I change 'Country' to 'UK' that setting
    seems to be ignored and if I save the document the
    Country' setting has changed back to 'None'.

    two places to start looking:-

    When you say that you are changing the country setting to
    UK, are you doing that for the Document, for a Section, for
    a Paragraph, or for the Current Text? [Look at the very top
    of the EW screen to see what you have selected.]

    Have you copied text from another document which is not in
    EW format into your document? This could have the country
    set as None or USA.

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    Russell
    Russell Hafter
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