I taught computer keyboarding for fourteen years in middle school. I also taught keyboarding and programming on Apple //e's for six years previously. An important tool used in word processing is the spelling checker. The spelling checker is what we use to help us find potential errors, but it is only as good as the person using it. Use your spelling checker wisely.
When you run it, it will check your words against the computer's dictionary. If it finds a word not in its dictionary it will display a dialog box and wait for your response. As a general rule, person's names are not in the dictionary, so you will have to make sure that those are all spelled correctly. Sometimes it may display suggested replacements for the word. If the word is misspelled, look through the list. If you find the correct spelling you can click on it and replace the word. If there is no replacement word, you will have to change the word. The spell checker does not know numbers, spacing, punctuation, or wrong words, so you will need to proofread your document to find those kinds of errors.
Ode to the Spell Checker!
Author Unknown
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marcs four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
Author Unknown
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marcs four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.