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Today's Featured Website: www.etiquette.net
The Netiquette Home Page. Netiquette, a contraction of InterNET and ETIQUETTE.
Netiquette covers not only rules to maintain civility in discussions but also special guidelines unique to the issues and technology of this electronic forum.
The Internet is bringing together people who would never have met otherwise. It's actually pretty cool when you stop and think about it. Words, however, don't always convey true meaning; missing are intonation and body language. This website covers both the rules of online courtesy and the do's and don't's of online communication.
http://www.etiquette.net
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Today's Featured Computer Term: http
Short for HyperText Transfer Protocol, the underlying protocol, or rules, used by the World Wide Web.
HTTP defines how messages are formatted (what they look like) and how they are transmitted (sent over the wires) and what actions Web servers (for example, your ISP) and browsers (your software on your computer) should take in response to various commands. For example, when you enter a URL in your browser, this actually sends an HTTP command to the Web server directing it to get the requested Web page from the computer it's on and transmit it to your computer.
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Today's Topic: Spell Check
The Spell Check feature checks your document for general spelling errors, double words, words containing numbers, and irregular capitalization by comparing the words in your document with the words in the computer's dictionary.
A word, a sentence, a section of a page, an entire page or an entire document can be checked for spelling errors. When a misspelled or unrecognized word is found, Spell Check offers possible alternatives so you can replace the error. Words may be added to the supplementary dictionary before, during or after the Spell Check session. To avoid having proper names flagged as incorrect spellings during the Spell Check session, add them to the supplementary dictionary.
Spell does not find errors in word usage (e.g., using "their" instead of "there").
Spell check is usually found in the Tools pull down menu or on the program's toolbar.
In Microsoft Word, Spell check will flag words not found with a jagged red underline. These words can be corrected immediately by pointing to the word, right clicking, then choosing the correct spelling from the menu that pops up.
If you're tired of Word "correcting" your spelling on unusual words -- like your name, which you've spelled right -- just because your computer doesn't recognize them, right-click anything Word tries to correct, and, if it's spelled correctly, then select Add from the shortcut menu. |
