Justin,
I don't know what version of Word you have, but XP seems to do fine with
correcting city names.
Alex
"Justin French" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 06:57 AM, Robin Kopetzky wrote:
>
> > Good afternoon!
> >
> > I know aspell and pspell are available but pspell won't work in my
> > Windows
> > environment. Does anyone know how to tie into Word's spell checker
> > using php
> > or another spell check option? What I need is a way to check spelling
> > on
> > city/state names and select the most appropriate if the user mangles
> > the
> > words.
>
> U, does is Word actually capable of City/State names? To the best
> of my knowledge (I don't use Word), Word checks against a dictionary
> (US/UK/AU English, etc)... I wouldn't think these dictionaries would
> extend as far as all City & State names applicable for that dictionary.
> That's insane.
>
> Although technically, you *could* add them all to Word's dictionary.
>
> However, my point is, Spell-checking of City & State names isn't
> common, because it's too hard for the dictionaries to keep up with the
> list.
>
> So, if Word can't offer this feature, why would your web application
> need it?
>
>
> Also, given the global nature of the web, you'd have a LOT of data
> entry to do :)
>
>
> Justin French
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