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Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app

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On Jan/4/2014 8:1514 AM, Erilar wrote:
> AV3<arvimide@earthlink.net>  wrote:
>> On Jan/3/2014 2:5144 PM, Erilar wrote:
>>> Barry Margolin<barmar@alum.mit.edu>   wrote:
>>>> In article<la466k$ejf$2@dont-email.me>,
>>>>    Erilar<drache@chibardun.netinvalid>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Patty Winter<patty1@wintertime.com>   wrote:
>>>>>> In article<lybanon-65107C.11131101012014@70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>,
>>>>>> Matthew Lybanon<lybanon@earthlink.net>   wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ....
>>>
>>> The thing wasn't dealing with typos ; it was inserting flat-out errors in
>>> unfinished words.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It's one of those quirks of iOS you have to accustom yourself to: when an
>> invalid suggested spelling appears, there is an "x" on the right side of
>> its window. Touch the "x" and the invalid suggestion goes away. If you
>> leave it untouched, the suggestion is installed over the text you have typed.
>>
>>
>> It's a question of turning off spelling correction entirely or
>> accustoming yourself to using touch to take control of it. I found it
>> inconvenient at first, but I am getting used to it. I find a good per
>> cent of the suggestions are valid and ease my typing task, but certainly not all of them.
>>
> Only if you see the error right away. I can't touch type on the iPad's
> keyboard, so the misspellings slip in.  I had to turn it off.  Underlining,
> on the other hand, would have been useful for typo-spotting.


Quite so. You understood my point and made your choice to turn it off. I 
only add that learning to touch type on an iPad and anticipating 
unwanted corrections is a somewhat useful exercise and not a complete 
waste of time.


Actually, I instinctively one-finger type on my iPad but my old 
touch-typing habit keeps me aware of where the keys are. I don't do 
documents on the iPad, just one-paragraph texts at most. I am 
touch-typing this Usenet message on my laptop, as usual.


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Spelling Checker in Mail.app Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-01 11:13 -0600
  Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-01 17:44 +0000
    Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-01 19:40 -0500
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-02 00:48 +0000
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-01 19:53 -0500
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-02 02:32 +0000
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-02 09:38 -0500
    Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-02 09:02 -0600
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-02 09:12 -0600
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 16:46 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-02 16:48 +0000
    Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-02 17:04 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-02 12:18 -0500
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-03 19:51 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-03 14:58 -0500
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-03 18:29 -0500
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-04 13:15 +0000
              Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-04 11:05 -0500
                Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-05 13:05 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-03 08:03 +1100
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-03 19:51 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-04 08:17 +1100
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-04 15:31 +0000
              Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-04 16:03 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 23:31 +0000
        Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-03 20:34 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-03 16:38 -0500
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-04 13:15 +0000
          Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-04 17:40 +0000
            Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-05 13:05 +0000
      Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2014-01-02 18:51 -0500

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