bcolflesh
msg:3384369 | 5:54 pm on Jul 2, 2007 (gmt 0) |
[osalt.com...]
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ccDan
msg:3384444 | 7:22 pm on Jul 2, 2007 (gmt 0) |
How about AbiWord? [abisource.com...]
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Staffa
msg:3384469 | 8:02 pm on Jul 2, 2007 (gmt 0) |
If your gentleman does not run an OS higher than Win 98 then this works in almost any application already installed. It's old but small and perfect, I still use it :o) quinion.com/mqa/spell.htm Oh, and it's free [edited by: Staffa at 8:04 pm (utc) on July 2, 2007]
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dragsterboy
msg:3385011 | 12:02 pm on Jul 3, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Why don't you install him edit plus?
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vincevincevince
msg:3385013 | 12:05 pm on Jul 3, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I'd suggest that at his age, you should be respecting him for what he does best, and finding someone else to proof read his work.
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Frida
msg:3386839 | 12:20 pm on Jul 5, 2007 (gmt 0) |
xMail Write is another good one. It's actually designed for writing mails. The good thing about it is that it performs an in depth analysis of your text. It also checks the spelling the word count and the level of your text readability. It's like notepad on steroids to me! :)
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trooper27
msg:3386843 | 12:25 pm on Jul 5, 2007 (gmt 0) |
If he is good at creating attractive texts and stuff then why don't you hire somebody else to do the writing for him as vincevincevince said.
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lavazza
msg:3386883 | 1:26 pm on Jul 5, 2007 (gmt 0) |
He's 62, not 162... if he can write, he can spell check' I second Open Office it works, it's free, and its output is cross-platform-friendly
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Grandmas Cookies
msg:3387639 | 11:45 am on Jul 6, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Open office is alright I guess.
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John_Blake
msg:3393679 | 2:06 pm on Jul 13, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Can't he work on MS-Word?
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lavazza
msg:3394187 | 8:59 pm on Jul 13, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Opening Post:
| ...I'm afraid that MS Word 2007 is too much for him to comprehend, and is likely too much for his older computer |
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dragsterboy
msg:3395736 | 12:38 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
what, is he working on a pc with a 286 processor?
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lavazza
msg:3395756 | 12:58 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Maybe it just has less than 2GB of RAM ;)
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chuckstarks
msg:3395806 | 2:12 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
The young man can get MS WORD, or COREL, or OPEN OFFICE, what ever and learn. I'm an old fart too. Barely younger than his 62, yet I now sit in my office glancing at APPLE, LINUX, WIN2003/2005, XP, and SOLARIS boxes. Even on SOLARIS when I'm just using an old text editor for design notes I use the UNIX spell command on my notes. I run everything I publish for review by others through the grammar checker of at least one word processor, often multiple word processors. More important, age is not an issue with learning. My grandparents may be dead now, but they never feared learning. One Grandmother got Bachelors in her 80s (living in the dorm) and her Masters at 90+; a Grandfather learned multivariate calculus in his late 70s. The ancestors I've had who refused to learn died young. My mother, nearly two decades beyond 62, learned MS WORD for her volunteer community work. She recently asked me how MS WORD templates worked. And a day later she wanted to learn how to create them.
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Go60Guy
msg:3395842 | 2:46 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Being even more chronologically advantaged than the gentleman, I can vouch that it's not the fairest assumption that age has anything to do with resistance to learning. In fact, studies have shown that once older people overcome whatever trepidation they may have about embracing computers and the internet, they become among the most enthusiastic users and advocates. I'm just learning WordPress, and am starting to love it. I may be a little slow, but I get there. If nothing else, couldn't he use NoteTab Pro? It's cheap, very simple and powerful.
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bcolflesh
msg:3395848 | 2:52 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Is this really about age? I'm 35, and I can't comprehend how a POS like MS Word 2007 became the de facto standard.
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BigDave
msg:3395857 | 2:56 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
If the hardware is older than around 2002, don't even bother with open office. I don't think he will be all that thrilled with a delay of up to a minute before it appears on the screen. See if you can get him a copy of word 95 or 97. They worked well on the hardware of their time, had spell check, and produced usable HTML, unlike more recent versions of word. Have you even asked him if he would be willing to use new software? Most people are resistant to change.
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martinibuster
msg:3395945 | 4:01 pm on Jul 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
>>>How about AbiWord? I gave it a spin and found it slow, slow, slow.
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trooper27
msg:3401928 | 11:40 am on Jul 23, 2007 (gmt 0) |
As far as I know 286 processors can not cope with this | Maybe it just has less than 2GB of RAM ;) |
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It is practically impossible for such machines to have that much RAM.
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