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Word Spell Checker Problems

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From: Jolyon Silversmith
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:01
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I have the newest version of the Microsoft spell checker (Word 5.1) but I'm
still having problems. Sometimes when I attempt to use it, I'll get the box
that says "Loading Spelling Dictionaries" - and nothing else. The program's
frozen. At first I thought it might be a memory problem, but it still happens
if I give Word more memory. My best guess is that every time I use the spell
hecker, it somehow fragments Word's memory; when I use it for the tenth time
or so (which is usually when it hangs), the memory is so fragmented that Word
as a friend of mine put it "demonstrates why Microsoft programming is a 
contradiction in terms" (please note: that's said with humorous intent. I may
or may not like Microsoft, but I don't have time for a flame war right now).

Anyway, does anyone have any particular insights into this problem?


-- 
Jolyon A. Silversmith __________________________________________________________
Mather House 100             Director: Civil Liberties     These opinions aren't
Cambridge, MA 02138          Union of Harvard  College     necessarily  those of
silvers3@husc.harvard.edu ________________________________ CLUH.  But who knows?
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Subject: Word Spell Checker Problems
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