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<blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 3872116" data-attributes="member: 5885">Spellcheckers are only so intelligent, and with large manuscripts the person running the checker needs to be more proficient than just being able to start the spellchecker and hit OK a few times. I've seen a lot of typos that were caused by a spellchecker that corrected a misspelled word but corrected it to the wrong correctly spelled word, or the use of &quot;replace all&quot; on too generic a word correcting some grammar but destroying it in other areas. Then you have those oops moments when typing for 16 hours and you accidentally use word instead of ward, or write instead of right.... And sometimes the text is correct but then the layout guy bungles the formatting and alters the type long past all of those steps.The real solution to typos, in my experience as a sometimes desktop publisher, is thorough proof reading. Fresh, but knowledgeable, eyes are best. And every pair you get costs time and money, which can be an issue for publishers on a budget or in a rush to get something out the door and turn a profit.*shrug*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aristotle, post: 3872116, member: 5885"] Spellcheckers are only so intelligent, and with large manuscripts the person running the checker needs to be more proficient than just being able to start the spellchecker and hit OK a few times. I've seen a lot of typos that were caused by a spellchecker that corrected a misspelled word but corrected it to the wrong correctly spelled word, or the use of "replace all" on too generic a word correcting some grammar but destroying it in other areas. Then you have those oops moments when typing for 16 hours and you accidentally use word instead of ward, or write instead of right.... And sometimes the text is correct but then the layout guy bungles the formatting and alters the type long past all of those steps. The real solution to typos, in my experience as a sometimes desktop publisher, is thorough proof reading. Fresh, but knowledgeable, eyes are best. And every pair you get costs time and money, which can be an issue for publishers on a budget or in a rush to get something out the door and turn a profit. *shrug* [/QUOTE]

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