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So I can’t spell worth a dime … despite the fact that I went to a ‘top college’ (Wellesley) for which my parents paid dearly. No matter. These days there are all kinds of ways to be an instantly perfect speller.
Except on blogs, I’ve noticed. And not long ago I heard an editor from The Wall Street Journal say: ‘If there are spelling mistakes in a blog, it’s toast. I hit the close button.’ Yikes! Talk about pressure.
Here is helpful commentary from fellow blogger and speller Shel Horowitz, The Frugal Marketer:
“I use Google’s Blogger, which has one, but doesn’t support it in my favorite browser, IE5.2/MacOSX. so for posting, I use Mozilla firebird.
Anternative: Write your blog entry in Word or Eudora, spell check there, and then paste into the blog. If using Word or WordPerfect, be sure to turn curly quotes and special characters OFF.”
I’ve also noticed there is a spell check option on Live Journal when you post comments, so that would mean posters get a spell check, too.
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There’s a spell check function in Typepad, Suzanne!
Suzanne, check out ieSpell http://www.iespell.com which is “a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage.” I’ve been using it for years — corrects errors when my fingers don’t cooperate with my brain when typing.
Also, Google’s new Toolbar http://toolbar.google.com/ has a spellchecker for web form entries.
You can also use a standalone tool like Ecto for Mac or Windows to manage your posts, especially if you run more than one weblog. Both versions include spell checking.