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Method and system for verifying accuracy of spelling and grammatical composition of a document

  • US 6,085,206 A
  • Filed: 06/20/1996
  • Issued: 07/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an electronic word processing system for creating and editing a document, the document comprising a plurality of sentences, a method for verifying the accuracy of spelling and grammatical composition of the plurality of sentences in the document, the method comprising the steps of:

  • performing a first sequence comprising the steps of;

    extracting one of the plurality of sentences from the document, the sentence comprising a plurality of words;

    checking the spelling of each word in the sentence for a misspelled word in a spell checker program module;

    displaying the sentence and each misspelled word within a first instance of a combined spelling and grammar dialog box;

    displaying a plurality of common command buttons operative for correcting the spelling errors; and

    performing a second sequence, subsequent to the first sequence, comprising the steps of;

    checking the grammatical composition of the sentence in a grammar checker program module;

    displaying the sentence and the grammatical errors within a second instance of the combined spelling and grammar dialog box; and

    displaying the plurality of common command buttons operative for correcting the grammatical errors.

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