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Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:45 PM

Proofing Tools in Office 2010

On Monday this week, Microsoft launched the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Thousands of customers can now download this latest version of Office to try out the cool new features and provide feedback. Updates and Replacements The Technical Preview includes
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Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:00 AM

An academic evaluation of the Office 2007 contextual spelling checker

A few days ago, I discovered an analysis of our Office 2007 contextual speller carried out by Prof. Graeme Hirst, from the University of Toronto: An Evaluation of the Contextual Spelling Checker of Microsoft Office Word 2007 . We have discussed this new
Posted by nlgblog | 4 Comments
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:54 PM

English Grammar Checker, Fragments, and Settings

A French translator was asking an interesting question the other day on the Word community newsgroup . He wanted to know how he could switch off the grammar rule which flags “Fragments”, i.e. incomplete sentence fragments that the writer is invited to
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Thursday, September 04, 2008 5:30 AM

Suggested improvements to Microsoft Word’s spell-checker

A few days ago, James wrote about the articles the Seattle Times published about our Natural Language Group and the Office spell-checkers . One of these articles was encouraging the Seattle Times readers to suggest improvements ( What words would you
Posted by nlgblog | 7 Comments
Saturday, June 07, 2008 4:54 AM

Now available: English Language Pack for localized versions of Office 2007!

As I explained in an earlier post (and in French on my other blog ), Office 2007 Single Language Packs enable users to install the proofing tools (spell-checkers, grammar checkers, synonym dictionaries, hyphenators, etc…) for languages in addition to
Posted by nlgblog | 1 Comments
Friday, April 04, 2008 12:41 AM

Lets Play Two?

For opening day this year, my beloved Chicago Cubs unveiled a statue of the immortal Ernie Banks . On its pedestal was engraved the catchphrase that made famous his enthusiasm for the game of baseball: “Let’s Play Two”. Except that the sculptor forgot
Posted by nlgblog | 1 Comments
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:48 PM

Contextual spelling: US English only?

Laurie asked us via the Email/Contact link: I was always under the impression that the Contextual Spell Checker only works if your language is set to English (US) rather than English (UK). However, I have recently seen the blue squiggly lines appear for
Posted by nlgblog | 3 Comments
Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:19 PM

Paging Sargent Batchelor

Brand new in Office 2007: a red squiggle on the name Batchelor . Uh oh. I’d better explain. Everyone wants the Office spellchecker to recognize their name, and in fact we work very hard to make sure that our spellcheckers recognize not only frequently
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