Style and spelling checkers: they're only human

Article Abstract:

On-line style and spelling checkers plus disk-based thesauruses can be unreliable. Desk reference books are usually more reliable, especially when decisions must be made to accept or reject software suggestions. Some problems that occur when using style and spelling checkers or thesauruses include: using the passive, rather than the active, voice; and confusion related to homophones (words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings) and homonyms (words that are spelled alike but have different meanings). Moreover, when typos represent correctly spelled words (such as "end" for "and"), the software cannot detect the error.

Prepackaged software, Software, Text processing software, Software Packages, Writing Skills, Style Critiquing, Grammar Critiquing, Grammar checking software

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For love and money

Article Abstract:

The Company director Mike Parker believes that desktop publishing is returning people to the era of the medieval artisan where one person creates the entire page. Parker believes in easy-to-read type styles that are cost-effective to manufacture and market.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Computer fonts, Parker, Mike, Typesetting, interview, Font Package

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