[icon] HTMspell

Introduction

HTMspell is a program for spell-checking HTML files automatically, ignoring HTML tags which ordinary spell-checkers would show up as mistakes. It can also be used to check plain text files.

The ImpressionSpell module

HTMspell requires the dictionary module supplied with Computer Concepts' Impression family of desktop publishing packages. If you use one of these programs, you will already have a copy of the necessary module.

As long as the filer has 'seen' a copy of Impression, HTMspell should be able to find the module for itself. If it is unable to find the module, you may have to load Impression first.

If you do not have an Impression program, a version, Impression Junior, is freely available, and can be downloaded from the internet. This is an early version of Impression and is now a little dated, but the spell-check module is the same as those used in later programs and will allow you to use HTMspell.

Using HTMspell

HTMspell adds an icon to the iconbar in the usual manner. To check an HTML or text file, simply drag it to this icon.

If there are any suspected spelling mistakes in the file, a window will open showing the suspect word and the context in which it appears. You then have the following options:

Learn
If the word is correct, it may be simply that the word is not in the Impression dictionary. In this case you can add the word to the dictionary so that HTMspell will recognise it in the future.
Ignore
A word or name may be correct in the current context, but you may not want to use Learn to add it to the dictionary permanently. In that case, you can tell HTMspell to ignore the word for the current file. If the word is encountered in a different file, HTMspell will query it again.
Replace
If the word is incorrect, you can edit it and click Replace to change the word in the file. HTMspell will check the edited word to make sure that it is now correct. If the word is still incorrect, you have either to enter a new replacement word, or to tell HTMspell to learn or ignore the word.

If you wish to abandon the spell-check at any stage, close the HTMspell window. The original file will remain unchanged.

When the whole file has been checked, the corrected file is saved and a window opens showing how many words have been replaced.

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