spell checker

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spell checker

or spell·check·er (spĕl′chĕk′ər)
n.
An application within most word processing programs that checks for spelling errors in documents.

spell check v.
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spell′

(or spell′ing) check`er,


n.
a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
[1980–85]
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While he assured that the Presidential Communications Operations Office would learn again from its mistakes, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the agency should boost its spell-checking efforts.
Several settings can affect spell-checking; some are specific to the computer that creates the document, whereas others are specific to the document itself.
Castillo's decision does not, in fact, qualify as a sign of the end of Western civilization - or at least, in a lineup of such signs, students' use of spell-checking software would fall toward the rear.
Spell-checking doesn't need to be so backward, writes Chris Wilson, an assistant editor at Slate.
But nonlawyers who help clients fill out Supreme Court-approved legal forms should be allowed to run a computerized spell-checking, grammar-checking, and proofreading program on clients' answers to fix obvious mistakes and where the corrections do not require discussions with the clients.
QuarkXPress 7 Canadian Edition also supports spell-checking and full text authoring, following specific hyphenation and justification rules for French, US English and International English.
com/vampirefo This integrates neatly into Outlook Express for users who find spell-checking disabled.
The changes are a direct result of user requests, said company president Braden Messenger, who noted spell-checking tops the list of requests.
Call us immature, but we found spell-checking celebs' names on the computer a very amusing way to spend an afternoon...
In addition, students are able to fill in the blanks directly on the scanned image of a worksheet or test while using other features, such as audible spell-checking. The program's new study skill tools also help make the learning process more systematic and personalized.