I am the worst typist ever

[mintve]

I took typing class, on an actual typewriter, when I was in HS. I passed, but I was better in other classes.

I have always been a horrible typist and I rely heavily on spell check. I have submited over 400 pots and I know they probably all have typing errors.

I''ve clicked on every icon that shows up when you post. Am I having a blond moment, or is there not a spell check button???

Please help

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I graduated a year early from HS and never even took typing! Whoever knew we would ALL need to be able to type, as the computer age was unimaginable then!

I can spell much better than I can type, but you might not know it on this forum! I am not aware of a spellcheck on here, either!

 

[BriBee]

Sometimes I will have Word or another word processor open in another window and I''ll type my post there, use that spell check, and then copy and paste in here. Sometimes I just use it to type one word to check the spelling, and then I come back to my post and put the word in (I actually just did this a minute ago to check my spelling of the word "circumference" in my last post)

 

[strmrdr]

naw I''m the typo king!!!!

What operating system and browser are you using?
There is pretty much a spellcheck add on for all of them and I can point you too the best one.

 

[isaku5]

Back in the olden days

, we were streamed either academic or business depending on our preference and marks. Typing wasn''t even offered to those of us who were in the academic stream; instead we studied Latin which isn''t nearly as helpful as typing would have been.

As a result, any assignment that had to be typed (few and far between back then) were completed using the well-known "hunt and peck system". I personally use a two finger system (the two index fingers

) to type. My granddaughter is after me to take a typing course, but I''ve adopted so many bad keyboarding habits that I''m almost certain I''d be back to my old ways very soon. It takes a little longer, but it works.

 

[mintve]

Date: 1/8/2008 6:17:25 PM
Author: strmrdr
naw I''m the typo king!!!!

What operating system and browser are you using?
There is pretty much a spellcheck add on for all of them and I can point you too the best one.

you are a computer genius! I don''t even know if I am answering your question right. My personal laptop uses DOS/vista and internet explorer

and my work laptop is MS office/internet explorer. is that what you need??

 

[sumbride]

Firefox provides spellcheck within the browser. I''m using it right now and it has underlined "spellcheck" for me. Doesn''t seem to like it.

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 1/8/2008 7:25:52 PM
Author: mintve

Date: 1/8/2008 6:17:25 PM
Author: strmrdr
naw I''m the typo king!!!!

What operating system and browser are you using?
There is pretty much a spellcheck add on for all of them and I can point you too the best one.

you are a computer genius! I don''t even know if I am answering your question right. My personal laptop uses DOS/vista and internet explorer

and my work laptop is MS office/internet explorer. is that what you need??

close enough...
google toolbar is your answer....

http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index_pack_xp.html

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 1/8/2008 7:42:19 PM
Author: sumbride
Firefox provides spellcheck within the browser. I''m using it right now and it has underlined ''spellcheck'' for me. Doesn''t seem to like it.

I use google toolbar and shut the firefox one off...
it slows firefox down too much.....

 

[sumbride]

Date: 1/8/2008 7:46:16 PM
Author: strmrdr

Date: 1/8/2008 7:42:19 PM

Author: sumbride

Firefox provides spellcheck within the browser. I''m using it right now and it has underlined ''spellcheck'' for me. Doesn''t seem to like it.

I use google toolbar and shut the firefox one off...

it slows firefox down too much.....

I have a Mac so the google box is built into the browser and I didn''t bother to download the toolbar. I have to use Firefox since I upgraded Safari. It doesn''t work with PS. I think that''s been mentioned a few (hundred) times.

 

[somethingshiny]

Date: 1/8/2008 5:36:07 PM
Author:mintve
I have submited over 400 pots and I know they probably all have typing errors.



Please help

well, I''ve never had a typing error on a "pot", but I guess it could happen to anyone...

 

[perry]

Ahh.. don''t worry about it.

I''ve worn out more dictionaries than most people have ever known. Spell check is not always a great answer anyway. There be all kinks of wards that pas a speel cheek.

We can figure it out; and I trust you can all figure out what I write as well. Only on rare occasions do I run a spell check on what I write (as I do not use google toolbar of other things for certain reasons; I do cut and paste into Word as necessary.

Oh, I also learned how to type on a manual typwriter (our class had alternating rows of electric and manual typewritters).

Perry

 

[mintve]

Date: 1/8/2008 10:24:15 PM
Author: somethingshiny

Date: 1/8/2008 5:36:07 PM
Author:mintve
I have submited over 400 pots and I know they probably all have typing errors.



Please help

well, I''ve never had a typing error on a ''pot'', but I guess it could happen to anyone...

hehe, this is what i mean!!

 

[mintve]

Date: 1/8/2008 7:43:55 PM
Author: strmrdr

Date: 1/8/2008 7:25:52 PM
Author: mintve

Date: 1/8/2008 6:17:25 PM
Author: strmrdr
naw I''m the typo king!!!!

What operating system and browser are you using?
There is pretty much a spellcheck add on for all of them and I can point you too the best one.

you are a computer genius! I don''t even know if I am answering your question right. My personal laptop uses DOS/vista and internet explorer

and my work laptop is MS office/internet explorer. is that what you need??

close enough...
google toolbar is your answer....

http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index_pack_xp.html

ooh fun, i will try it! thanks