About spell checking...

[Andremusic]

I bought a dutch spell check program, it is much better then the one in Word ( ) and it installs itself into Word, replacing the old one. So from now I can spell check my documents with it in Word. I am not shure how this works, but is it possible to let this kind of programs install themself in Atlantis?

André

[admin]

If the spellchecker is meant for MS Word, you could not use it in Atlantis.

[Robert]

Greetings--
If the wordlist of your spellchecker is in plain text (if they are not included in a binary file), you could include its words in your Atlantis Dutch custom dictionary. The wordlist has to be designed with only one word for each paragraph (line).
Cheers
Robert

[Andremusic]

Hi Robert,
the file is a .lex file. So then i cannot extract the text inside, pitty...

But I spell check it in Word and write in Atlantis, works good for me too.

André

[Robert]

Greetings--
Here is a Dutch wordlist. Have a look.
Maybe it'll be of some use to you.
Cheers
Robert

[Andremusic]

Thanks, Robert, I will try it out.

Is there btw a difference between this list and the already included dutch spell checker?

André

[Robert]

Greetings--
Copy this new wordlist to a new document in Atlantis, mark it as Dutch.
Atlantis will red-underline all the words that are not included in your current Dutch lexicon.
Cheers
Robert

[Andremusic]

Thanks, Robert, but I think that this list isn't correct, because I already saw a lot of words that are from the old spelling. Dutch has a new spelling-rule since a couple of years, not used in this list.

André

[Robert]

Greetings--
Could you give these new Dutch spelling rules in English? Do you know any Web pages on this subject?
Cheers
Robert

[Andremusic]

I don't know all the rules in grammar (that is why I search all the time for good spell checkers), but there is a rule that if the word is made of a combination of 2 words and the first word is a noun, the first part of this word has to be in plural. In Atlantis, when I type the word sikkepit and sikkenpit, both are accepted correct, also with weidenvogel and weidevogel. But the correct answers here would be sikkepit and weidevogel.

I am still trying to find out all the grammar rules formyself, being dutch doesn't mean I know them

i found this site about dutch grammar in english http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/

Also, the new spelling rulkes are included in the makers of these dictionaries: http://www.hetgroeneboekje.nl/

and http://www.vandale.nl/

maybe there is a way to include their spelling checkers in Atlantis inthe future?

André