Method and system for background grammar checking an electronic document
First Claim
1. In a word processing system operative to create a document, a grammar checking program comprising:
- a grammar pop-up menu comprising a plurality of suggestions to replace at least one grammatical error in the document, the grammar pop-up menu being displayed when an error indication is selected, the error indication being displayed in the document and indicative of a possible grammatical error in the document, the grammar pop-up menu further comprising a full-sentence rewrite option comprising an edited sentence that, when selected by the user, replaces each grammatical error with one of the plurality of suggestions.
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Abstract
In an electronic word processing system environment, a system and method for verifying the accuracy of the grammatical composition of a sentence in the background. While the word processor is in edit mode, i.e., the user is entering data or commands, it is determined when there is an idle period. An idle period is when the user is not entering data or commands. During an idle period, a sentence is extracted from the electronic document. It is determined whether the sentence is of proper grammatical composition. If the sentence does not have proper grammatical composition, then an error indication is displayed to the user in the context of the electronic document. These tasks may be repeated for each sentence in the document until the entire document has been proofed or the idle period ends. When the user selects the error indication in the document, a pop-up menu is displayed beneath the sentence containing the error. The pop-up menu includes the top three suggestions for correcting the error, a command to ignore the error, and a tunnel to the foreground grammar checker dialog. The pop-up menu may also include a full sentence rewrite that replaces all of the errors in the sentence with the suggestion that will most likely correct each error.
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1. In a word processing system operative to create a document, a grammar checking program comprising:
a grammar pop-up menu comprising a plurality of suggestions to replace at least one grammatical error in the document, the grammar pop-up menu being displayed when an error indication is selected, the error indication being displayed in the document and indicative of a possible grammatical error in the document, the grammar pop-up menu further comprising a full-sentence rewrite option comprising an edited sentence that, when selected by the user, replaces each grammatical error with one of the plurality of suggestions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer storage medium storing a computer-executable program operable for performing the steps of:
displaying a grammar pop-up menu comprising a plurality of suggestions to replace at least one grammatical error in the document, the grammar pop-up menu being displayed when an error indication is selected, the error indication being displayed in the document and indicative of a possible grammatical error in the document, the grammar pop-up menu further comprising a full-sentence rewrite option comprising an edited sentence that, when selected by the user, replaces each grammatical error with one of the plurality of suggestions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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