Check Spelling of Email Messages

DESCRIPTION

PINE has a spell-checking feature built in. It compares the words in your electronic mail message to words in its dictionary and then highlights words that it does not recognize. This way you may choose to change the spelling of words before sending your message. Note that, since it doesn't understand context, it may not highlight words that are used incorrectly. Also, it will highlight words that are spelled correctly but do not happen to be in its dictionary.

PROCEDURE

From within PINE, type "c" to compose a message.
Type the "To", "cc", and "Subject" information as prompted, pressing <Return> after each entry.
Type your message.
Press <CTRL> and "t" simultaneously. The spell-checker will highlight words that it cannot locate in the Pine dictionary. Press <Return> if you do not wish to change the spelling of a word. Make changes and then press <Return> if you wish to change the spelling of a word.
The spell-checker will automatically quit once it has checked your entire message. If you wish to discontinue using the spell-checker before that time, press <CTRL> and "c" simultaneously.

This lesson is part of the series "DO-IT Lessons" developed by the University of Washington. Creation of the series of lessons is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 9255803 and 9550003. The lessons are now maintained through funds from the State of Washington. The University of Washington holds the copyright to the series of lessons, however ownership of the Internet resources referenced in the lessons may be found at the resource site. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed at these sites are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington or the State of Washington.

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