Spelling & Grammarchecker Use Survey

[Brad Mehlenbacher <brad_m -at- unity -dot- ncsu -dot- edu>]

Hi again Techwr-l'ers,

Apologies for using up your patience with *two* requests for 
information today, but another very creative graduate student of mine 
is doing her research on how professional/expert writers use 
spellingcheckers and grammar checkers. She wondered if I'd be kind 
enough to post a few brief questions to the techwr-l listserv. Please 
respond, if possible, to her e-mail address at mego_68 -at- hotmail -dot- com 
(Megan O'Connell). Both of us greatly appreciate your time and 
consideration! Thanks, Brad.

*This survey is for Microsoft Word users*

1) Do you use either the spellchecker or the grammar checker on 
documents you produce in Word? If not, why not?

2) If you use the spellchecker, do you usually go back over a 
document that Word has spell-checked? Why or why not?

3) If you use the grammar checker, when Word flags a potential 
grammar error, do you generally accept its suggested changes? If not, 
why not?

4) If you use the grammar checker, do you usually go back over a 
document that Word has grammar-checked? Why or why not?

5) Have you noticed any significant problems with the Microsoft Word 
spellchecker or grammar checker? What are they?

6) Can you think of any experiences/instances in using a spellchecker 
or grammarchecker that produced interesting or surprising results 
(either positive or negative)? Please elaborate briefly:
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 Dr. Brad Mehlenbacher
 Technical Communication  |  NC State  |  Raleigh, NC 27695-8105
 919.515.4105 (ph)  |  919.515.6071 (fx)
 brad_m -at- unity -dot- ncsu -dot- edu  |  http://www4.ncsu.edu/~brad_m

 A dream is just thinking, except you're thinking at night; well,
 actually, your brain tells you what to think, so you're not really
 thinking it: you're dreaming it. Eleanor, 5
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