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yes, I said it! like WORD...
Could you PLEASE add in Quark an automatic spellcheck? Quark's spell check is such annoying process that really is time consuming and involved. It would greatly improve accuracy for those designers like me who can't SPELL...

Even this NEW TOPIC has automatic spell check, giving me suggestions as I go along.
Thanks!
Laura[/b]

This has been suggested before and I'll add to this what I added to the previous suggestion ...

Great idea, but make it user switchable. To be forced to have something on, like the uncapitalised sentance rubbish in 7.31's spell checker, with no option to turn it off is awful.

I for one don't want auto-spell checking, but I can see the use, so with it there and selectable as an option, great!

Greg

Yes--I would agree with Greg.

Especially when it comes to technical terms. I like Entourage quite well, for example, but detest the autocorrect.

Besides, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the ideal print design workflow, we would be getting pretty much final edited copy to flow in to begin with.

Oh well, one can hope!

Okay Quark,
here's the amendment to the original request:
Can we make sure we add a 'turn off' or 'hide' option to an automatic, 'high speed', amendable dictionary, spellcheck??

Obviously, like with many other functions, it would be annoying if you didn't have a turn off option.

All I know is, a new, automatic spellcheck would be one less button I need to press, and 30 mintues of processing 'the layout' time back of my life.

Glad to hear the hope of an ideal workflow is still alive in some hearts and minds...

I just came across an XTension that does this for all you users. AthenaSoft's AutoCorrectXT is the one providing Word like features of dynamic spell checking as you type and Auto Corections.You can get this from www.athenasoftsolutions.com/Products.html.

 This extension only works for Quark 8 - I am running 7.5 - any options for that?

I posted a message about spell check before I saw this on here. If Quark could expand the preferences for spell check so that you can choose to turn off or turn on auto check. Also allow you to chose options to ignore. I use a lot of bullet points in my catalog layouts and spell check stops at everyone. I quit using it. If I could specify to ignore certain characters that would solve my issue.

 They just introduced it for 7.x Mac. You can have a look at it at athenasoftsolutions.com/products.html

Sorry I don't see any responses from Quark, so I have to ask if Quark is planning on offering an extension for the older (below V8) versions and/or a fixed spell checker in the next upgrade, or would they recommend purchasing a third party spell checker? I and I'm sure many others don't have the time it takes to go through all of the suspect capitalizations, ect. Right now, I'm not doing a spell check and it gets me into trouble once in a while. It's very frustrating!

Might as well request a Grammar check too. I'm a writer and I would love this option. I hate having to write in Word then bring it all into Quark. Someday I'll delete Word...