Questions tagged [proofing]
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How to set proofing language regardless the keyboard layout on Windows?
On my Windows 10 I am using 3 different keyboard layouts. Whenever I type something in some application the operating system is matching the proofing language for spelling and grammar check with the ...
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Configuring Proof general for Coq in emacs
I installed Coq in my system from the default installer. Then I added proof general to my existing emacs. But the problem is when I try to run a command in emacs I find the following from emacs,
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Can I use a character style to turn off spell checking for program code within a sentence in an MS Word document?
I asked this question in the Microsoft Office Forum, but then found the answer myself. That made it seem like a Superuser question!
As a Software Developer, I am frequently creating documents which ...
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Outlook 2016 language detection doesn't work
I'm baffled, as the title says, the auto detection just doesn't work. I can manually change the language of any given email, but it won't autodetect. The languages are pretty different, so it shouldn'...
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Proof-reading LaTex
I'll have to write some papers for the university written in German, in which my grammar and spelling is somewhat terrible. Now, my girlfriend is very good at that.
How can she proofread and modify my ...
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Word 2016 - Check spelling without checking grammar
In Word 2016, how do I check spelling without checking grammar?
I am virtually never interested in checking the grammar of my documents. When I look in the Review pane, I only find the choice ...
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"Add" button in MSOffice Word Autocorrect Options is grayed out when trying to replace -- with a dash
I am talking about these settings:
Here it says The Add button does not become enabled until you type some text in the:- With: - box.
But that's not the case here; the button stays gray:
Am I ...
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How to change the default language for all slides in a PowerPoint presentation?
I tried the trick explained in a related discussion, but could not change the proofing language for all texts in all slides of a PowerPoint 2007 presentation.
Could this be a feature of PowerPoint ...
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Can I use the Office 2007 Proofing Tools with Office 2010 RTM?
I have just downloaded and installed Office 2010 RTM. Overall, it is very nice, but I miss having proofing tools available for my native language, Danish.
I have installed the 2007 Proofing Tools, but ...
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Does Adobe PDF mean that a designer can use a non-postscript printer to proof for fonts etc?
I've had to buy a new printer to replace my wonderful postscript HPLaserjet 4M, because my new mac won't talk to it. I've just realised that the new printer I've ordered is not postscript. (It's a OKI ...
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How to permanently change proofing language in OneNote v. 16.70?
My proofing language is set to Norwegian, however, I would like to permanently change it to English (United Kingdom). I am able to set it to English, but every time I make a new document, it changes ...
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How do I set global auto-correct settings for all of Office instead of program by program?
After reinstalling Office 2013 a few months ago, I began to disable several auto-correct settings that I had already disabled in my previous installation, but I still occasionally find that I missed ...
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Microsoft Office 2010 Proofing Tools Kit
I have installed the Office 2010 available on MSDN, but there is no proofing tools kit available there yet. Still I see various sources where I can download this kit when I search for it on Google.
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Changing Microsoft OneNote 2013 Proofing Language
I have a collection of MS OneNote sections that spell check in English US. All I want to do is change this - globally - to English UK.
If I select a section, and check the Proofing Language - it ...
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How to remove proofing language from being used in Microsoft Word
This is a really bugging one: I am writing a document in Dutch language, and from the moment I start typing, the proofing language changes into English, mentioning that I am writing nothing but errors....
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Word 2013 - Proofing - Enforce accented uppercase in French
In my company I have been asked to conduct an internal training in MS Word 2013 to some participants! As I am going thru various options in MS Word 2013, I came across this option ‘Enforce accented ...
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Office proofing: Remove a language from the earlier selected languages list
At several office applications one can select the language per word / selected text / whole document. To do so one clicks on review - language - set proofing language.
A 'language' windows pops up, ...
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Outlook 2013 email proofing
My proofing checks way too much. I just want it to proof my email and the title. The way it is set right now, it checks the previous email and all of the email addresses. How can I turn that off?
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Evidence of website content
I would like to save the current state of a publicly available website as (non legal) evidence in a fairly authentic way.
Is there a website/application for this? Like they store the MD5 hash of the ...
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How to print to PDF without half toning? (Windows 2000)
I want to convert some documents from Micrografx Designer 4.1a for Windows 3.1 to PDF. So I set up Windows 2000 in a virtual machine and installed Adobe Acrobat Pro 7. This lets me print to PDF. ...
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Microsoft Word Remove Proofing for a single Document
I'm currently using MS Word to create resumes in my job search. In the skills section, there's a bunch of bullet points. The convention is not to put periods at the end of each point, but this causes ...
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Can I use a template to set Grammar/Proofing Settings?
I am trying to create/update an existing template for my job, and include many checklist items. My team is only 3 other writers + me, but there may be more.
Windows 10 machines, Word 2016.
Some ...
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Spell check returns back to do not check
This is an incredibly straightforward problem but couldn't find a proper solution for it.
Here is the deal,
I am receiving a software generated content in docx format. My system default language is ...
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Word 2010 proofing tools are automatically changing misspelled words
Word 2010 proofing tools are changing misspelled words how they want. For example I wanted to write the word Like, but I typed Leke and Word 2010 changed this to Lake without any warning.
Is there ...
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