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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
@Tex --- yes, this is pretty much what I was imagining in my OP.
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Ahhh, of course. I must have skimmed right by that. I read "Possible to... Spellcheck... Multi-Language... single page." This is what happens when you try to post before bedtime.
Well we independently thought of the same type of solution then. Great minds think alike!
Another use-case: When you want to ignore front/backmatter, and focus purely on the main text. (Current workaround, delete front/backmatter, readd later.)
Side Note: One of the issues with Calibre's Spellcheck List is that it also includes the toc.ncx (and other metadata files) as well. (Should definitely be optional.)
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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
PS -- When using the Spellchecker, I usually display multiple occurrences by double-clicking the word in the dialog until I have viewed each and I am sure I want to use the auto-correct on all. Disaster can lurk in the corners! But even doing that, and then using the auto-correct, is quicker and easier than over-typing by hand.
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I just use the Spellcheck List to inform and easily compare words/amounts, and then I go doing all the Find/Replacing manually as I'm checking each case.
After all those oddities with ' or numbers over the years (or how it deals with "words" in URLs), I've just found it easier to replace the words as I come across them.
But yeah, your typical Fiction probably isn't going to have many numbers or URLs floating around.
Side Note: Also, there's the edge cases of code like:
<i>pre</i>eminent
which will show up as 2 words: 1 "pre" + 1 "eminent" and not 1 "preeminent".
In a lot of older books, they used the partially italicize only pieces of words. I haven't really seen it being used often in modern books.
Or when dealing with horribly generated code (InDesign, etc.):
<span>word</span>s = 1 "word" + 1 "s"
or sub/superscripts:
H<sub>2</sub>O = 1 "H" + 1 "2" + 1 "O"