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FWP spell checker problems

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From: Marc Sarrel
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1989 17:12
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Has anayoe else had problems with the spelling checker going off into
la la land?  I have a large document (five chapters, preface, TOC, ~20
sidebars, ~5 pictures, >50 references in bibliography, total of 89
pages and almost 16K words) and when I try to spell check the entire
document, the checker has an annoying tendancy to sit and spin for a
long time (up to 45 minutes before I had to reboot).  It's happened
quite often and has caused me to waste several hours.

Any ideas?  Is there a way to stop the spell checking without
rebooting if it looks like the thing is hung?  There was one point
where the checker kept getting stuck on the same word.  Is that
significant?

advTHANKSance,

marc
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"Master, why is the letter 'i' the symbol for current?"  "Because there is
no letter 'i' in the word 'current'."  "Master, why do we use the letter
'j' for sqrt(-1)?"  "Because we use the letter 'i' for current."  Whereupon
the Master struck the Disciple, and the Disciple became enlightened.
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