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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread How to edit long post messages #1049 03/31/2000 11:08 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 39 Chicagoland jeff newbie jeff newbie Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 39 Chicagoland In case anyone out there is feeling hampered by the minimalist editor provided by AWAD for composing our postings--its spell checker confounds me--,I provide the following suggestion. For longer messages, just use your favorite editor, such as MS WORD. Compose your message, using WORD's spelling and grammar features, and the host of other wonders it provides, in a full screen sized window, if that gives you the warm fuzzies. When finished, just copy the message to the clipboard (block the text and hit CTRL + C), then return to the AWAD editor and place the cursor where you want the copied text. Click on your browser’s Edit menu and select PASTE. Voila! Your spell checked and conveniently composed message will appear in the AWAD editor. Of course, you can use this technique to clip and paste text from other sources, such as reference sources, news articles, and the like. I hope this hint will facilitate more lengthy and thoughtful posts by taking the kinks out of your cramped-editing neck. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How to edit long post messages #1050 04/01/2000 12:10 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Hello, Jeff. I suspect Anu has his reasons for limiting the space here (of course my posts tend to be pithy, anyway, so I hadn't noticed the constraints). How to edit long posts? Shorten them. Brevity is the soul of wit. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How to edit long post messages #1051 04/04/2000 5:13 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Southern CA Hallyx stranger Hallyx stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Southern CA So true, Anna. Although sometimes I empathize with Blaise Pascal (1623-1962): "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." Yours for more pith, Hallyx Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How to edit long post messages #1052 04/04/2000 11:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 I think Jeff has a point - that spellchecker does the darndest things! By the way - how do you spell darndest? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How to edit long post messages #1053 04/04/2000 8:50 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass my spellcheck passes only darnedest, but WTNID gives not only darndest and darnedest but also durndest and durnedest! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How to edit long post messages #1054 04/04/2000 9:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Thanks tsuwm, I'll bear that in mind! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How to edit long post messages #1055 04/05/2000 4:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 39 Chicagoland jeff newbie jeff newbie Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 39 Chicagoland Anna, Perhaps your background as a lexicographer (where you a definer?) has conditioned you to be succinct, and that's a desirable goal, but some ideas require more than a pithy aphorism. Confining oneself in this way seems unnecessary and counter-creative. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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