RE: dangers of spellcheck

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> techwr-l-bounces+bgranat=granatedit -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com 
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+bgranat=granatedit -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l
> .com] On Behalf Of Susan Hogarth
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:31 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: dangers of spellcheck
> 
> My boss caught one of my frequent mis-typings of 'form' for 'from' the
> other day.
> 
> Bad enough. But not as bad as this one I (thank heavens!) 
> caught myself:
> 
> 'asses' for assess'
> 
> Any other ridculous boffos that overdependence on spell-check scanning
> rather than actually reading can net you?

Even if you read your own work over, you will still miss things like
those--or far worse; that's why editors are needed to ensure quality in
documentation. Writers cannot edit themselves and do as good a job as
someone who is not as close to the text.

Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help 
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content 
delivery. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l

Easily create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to any popular Help file format or printed documentation. Learn more at http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.