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  3. --------------------------
  4. | SPELL 2.8 User's Guide |
  5. --------------------------
  6.  
  7. July17,1988
  8.  
  9.  
  10. HOW TO USE THE SPELL PROGRAM:
  11.  
  12. SPELLisaprogramthatallowsyoutodetectandcorrectspelling
  13. mistakesindiskfiles(henceforwardcalleddocuments).SPELL
  14. shouldworkwithdocumentsproducedbyjustaboutanyword
  15. processor.SPELLhasbeentestedondocumentsproducedbythe1ST
  16. WORDwordprocessor.Aharddiskisrecommendedbutnotrequired.
  17.  
  18.  
  19. THE WORD LIST:
  20.  
  21. SPELLusesaspecialdiskfilenamed"words.txt".Thisfile
  22. containsallwordsthatSPELLrecognizesasbeingcorrectly
  23. spelled.WhenyouuseSPELLforthefirsttime,thisfilewillbe
  24. empty,andSPELLwillaskyouifeachwordinyourdocumentis
  25. misspelled.Asyoucheckthespellingofmoreandmoredocuments,
  26. SPELLwillknowthecorrectspellingsofmoreandmorewords.
  27. EventuallySPELLwillhaveawordlistcontainingmostofthe
  28. wordsthatyouuse,andwillonlyaskyouifmisspelledand
  29. unfamiliarwordsaremisspelled.
  30.  
  31.  
  32. RUNNING THE PROGRAM:
  33.  
  34. BeforerunningSPELL,makesurethatthediskcontainingtheSPELL
  35. programandthediskcontainingthedocumenttobecorrectedare
  36. notwrite-protected(i.e.makesurethattheholeineachdiskis
  37. coveredbytheslidingpieceofplastic).Alsomakesurethatthe
  38. documentthatyouwishtocorrectisnotaread-onlyfile(See
  39. Atari520STOwner'sManual,p.56).WhenSPELLstartstorun,all
  40. wordsstoredinthefile"words.txt"areloadedintomemory.If
  41. SPELLisbeingrunforthefirsttime,nowordswillbeloaded.
  42.  
  43. Nowyouarereadytocheckthespellingofdocuments.Movethe
  44. mouseovertotheFilemenu.Thismenuhastwooptions,"Quit"
  45. and"CorrectDocument".Choosethe"Quit"optionwhenyouare
  46. completelyfinishedcorrectingalldocuments.
  47.  
  48. Tocorrectthespellingofadocument,choosethe"Correct
  49. Document"option.Youwillbeaskedforthenameofthedocument
  50. forwhichthespellingistobecorrected.Choosethefileyou
  51. want.
  52.  
  53.  
  54.  
  55.  
  56.  
  57.  
  58. Afterthedocumenttobecheckedisspecified,wheneverSPELL
  59. encountersawordthatisnotinthefile"words.txt",youwillbe
  60. giventhreechoices:
  61.  
  62.   Addthiswordtodictionary
  63.   Donotaddwordtodictionary
  64. Trynewspellingofword
  65. Quitcorrection
  66.  
  67. Regardlessofwhichchoiceyoumake,youcanalwayscorrectthe
  68. spellingoftheword.Todothis,typeinthewordasyouwould
  69. likeittoappearinthedocumentbeingchecked.Youcaneditthe
  70. wordwiththebackspace,arrowkeys,andescape(Esc)key.
  71.  
  72. Afterthespellingofthewordiscorrected(ifitwaswrong),you
  73. canaddthewordtothedictionarybypointingthemouseinthe
  74. "Addthiswordtodictionary"boxandpressingtheleftmouse
  75. button.
  76.  
  77. Ifyoudonotwanttoaddthewordtothedictionary,butitis
  78. correctlyspelled,choosethe"Donotaddwordtodictionary"box.
  79. Evenifthesamewordisencounteredlateroninthedocument,you
  80. willnotbeaskedaboutit.
  81.  
  82. Ifyouhavechangedthespellingoftheword,andwouldliketo
  83. findoutifthisnewspellingisinthedictionary,choosethe
  84. "Trynewspellingofword"box.Ifthewordisfoundinthe
  85. dictionary,theprogramwillgoonandchecktherestofthe
  86. document.Ifthewordisnotfoundinthedictionary,youwillbe
  87. giventhefouroptionsagain.
  88.  
  89. Ifyouwanttostopthespellingcorrectionprocess,selectthe
  90. "Quitcorrection"box.Thiswillleavethefileyou'recorrecting
  91. unchanged,andyouwillbefreetoeithercorrectotherdocuments
  92. orquittheprogram.
  93.  
  94.  
  95. THEWORDMENU
  96.  
  97. TheWordmenuhasasingleoption,"DeleteBadWord".Selecting
  98. thisoptionwillallowyoutospecifyawordthatshouldbe
  99. removedfromthedictionary.Justenterthewordtodeleteand
  100. selectthe"DeleteMisspelledWord"box.Ifyoudecidenotto
  101. deletetheword,pressthe"Cancel"box.Ifyouattempttodelete
  102. awordthatisnotinthedictionary,theprogramwillmention
  103. this.
  104.  
  105.  
  106.  
  107.  
  108.  
  109.  
  110.  
  111.  
  112. THEINFORMATIONMENU
  113.  
  114. TheInformationmenuhasonlyoneoption,"ShowInformation".
  115. Selectingthisoptionwillrevealhowmanywordsarestoredinthe
  116. dictionary,aswellashowmuchmemoryisavailableforstoring
  117. newwords.
  118.  
  119.  
  120. UPDATING THE DICTIONARY:
  121.  
  122. Afteryourdocumenthasbeencompletelychecked,ifyouhave
  123. insertedanywordsintothedictionary,ordeletedanywords,you
  124. willbeaskedifyouwanttoupdatethedictionary.
  125.  
  126. Whydoyouneedtoupdatethedictionary?Everytimeyoustart
  127. theSPELLprogram,thedictionarycontainsallthewordsthatwere
  128. inthefile"words.txt".Asyouinsertnewwordsintothe
  129. dictionarytheyarestoredinyourcomputer'smainmemory,andare
  130. NOTautomaticallyplacedinthediskfile"words.txt".Bythe
  131. sametoken,wordsdeletedfromthedictionaryarenot
  132. automaticallyremovedfromthe"words.txt"file.
  133.  
  134. Ifyouchoosetoupdatethedictionarybypressingtheleftmouse
  135. buttoninthe"yes"box,thenewwordsinmainmemorywillbe
  136. insertedintothefile"words.txt",andanywordsthatyou
  137. deletedwillberemovedfromthefile.Whentheprogramisdone,
  138. "words.txt"willcontainallwordsithadbeforeSPELLwasrun,
  139. plusthenewonesthatyouinserted,minusthewordsthatyou
  140. deleted.WhenyourunSPELLagain,itwillknowthatthenew
  141. wordsarespelledcorrectly,andwillnotaskyouaboutthemwhen
  142. theyareencounteredagain.
  143.  
  144. Ifyouchoosenottoupdatethedictionarybypressingtheleft
  145. mousebuttoninthe"no"box,thefile"words.txt"willnotbe
  146. changed-itwillhavethesamewordsthatithadwhenyoustarted
  147. runningSPELL,andwillnothavethenewwordsthatyouinserted
  148. whenSPELLwasrunning.
  149.  
  150.  
  151. QuestionsandAnswers:
  152.  
  153. Q:
  154. Igetan"outofmemory"messagewhenSPELLruns.Whydoesthis
  155. happen,andwhatcanIdoaboutit?
  156.  
  157. A:
  158. ThishappenswhenSPELLdoesnothaveenoughmemorytostoreall
  159. thewordsinthefile"words.txt".Ifthishappens,remove
  160. deskaccessories(Atari520STOwner'sManual,p.30)thattakeup
  161. alargeamountofmemory(especiallyramdisks).
  162.  
  163.  
  164.  
  165.  
  166. Q:
  167. Ialreadyhaveafilesimilartothe"words.txt"file.CanIuse
  168. thisfileinstead?
  169.  
  170. A:
  171. Manyspellingcorrectionprogramscomewithafilecontainingthe
  172. correctspellingsofmanywords.Ifyouhavesuchafile,andit
  173. isanordinaryASCIIfile(i.e.containsonlyprintable
  174. characters),andhaseachwordonalineofitsown,youmayuse
  175. thisfilewithSPELL.Justcopythefileontothefolder
  176. containingtheSPELLprogram,andmakesurethatitisnamed
  177. "words.txt".
  178.  
  179.  
  180. Q:
  181. CanIgivecopiesofSPELLtootherpeople?
  182.  
  183. A:
  184. SPELLisapublicdomainprogram.Thismeansthatitcanbe
  185. copiedandgiventoanyone.However,ifyoufindthisprogram
  186. useful,pleasesend$5.00USto:
  187.  
  188. EricBergman-Terrell
  189. CadenzaSoftware,Ltd.
  190. 1450West116thAvenue,#21
  191. Westminster,CO80234
  192. U.S.A.
  193.  
  194.  
  195. Q:
  196. IsthisthesameprogramadvertisedinANTICmagazine?
  197.  
  198. A:
  199. No-itisamuchmorerecentversion.Botharewrittenbythe
  200. sameauthor,andbothareinthepublicdomain.
  201.  
  202.  
  203. AdditionalInformation:
  204.  
  205. IfyouhaveaquestionaboutSPELLthatisnotansweredbythis
  206. user'sguide,sendastamped,self-addressedenvelopetothe
  207. aboveaddress.IfyouarenotintheU.S.A.,pleasesendthe
  208. necessaryinternationalreplycoupons(availableinpostoffices
  209. throughouttheworld).
  210.  
  211. Enjoytheprogram!
  212.  
  213.