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Scribble! allows  you to create documents with your Amiga computer easily, and afterwards, the Spell option, located on a pull down menu, will correct the spelling of your documents with equal ease and reliability.


All of the Spell options for Scribble! are displayed on user friendly menus and controlled with the mouse.


The Spell option has the ability to check individual words at your command, or entire documents. If you are one to check individual words immediately after typing them, or one who keeps typing until the document is complete, and then checks for spelling errors, the Spell menu can accommodate your habits. 


Before you add additional words to it, the permanent DICTIONARY file for Scribble! contains about 40,000 words. If you have the need to add more words to the file, you may do so with the separate DICTADD program included.


Until you add your own new words to the permanent DICTIONARY file, they will remain in a temporary file called USERDICT. You may, at your discretion, add these words to the permanent DICTIONARY file any time, or decide the word is one you will rarely use, and thus choose not to add it.


Explicit exercises are provided to assist you in familiarizing yourself with Scribble! Spell options. Upon completion, you should have the ability to check for spelling errors with ease.


Detailed diagrams have been provided for quick reference and information guides.


Scribble! helps get your writing job done, while the Spell menu option makes sure you do it right. After using the Spell option, the boss will never ask to have the document done over for spelling corrections, the teacher will never take a few extra grades off for carelessness, and your dog-eared dictionary can be stored away for good.
                           Chapter 1

                        G‚E‚T‚T‚I‚N‚G‚ ‚A‚C‚Q‚U‚A‚I‚N‚T‚E‚D‚


The Spell selection of Scribble! has the ability to check and correct the spelling of an individual word, an entire screen, or a lengthy document. After a word has been corrected, you will have the option of adding it to a temporary file called USERDICT. Later, you can instruct Scribble! to add these words to the permanent DICTIONARY file, but until you do this, they will remain in the temporary USERDICT file.


Should you choose to merge the temporary file with the permanent one, you will need to run a separate program called DICTADD. Upon completion, DICTADD will delete the contents of USERDICT and add them to DICTIONARY, i†n†c†r†e†a†s†i†n†g† the original 40,000 word file. In this manner, you may create your own customized dictionary.


A good reason for adding a word to the DICTIONARY file is, once the word is added, should you misspell a word similar to it, GUESS will bring it up as another option for you to choose from.


If you add a word to the DICTIONARY file, the next time you check 
a document, and use the same word, but with a different suffix (s, ed, ing, etc.) the file will N†O†T† flag it as being incorrect. 


There are many reasons that make running the DICTADD program well worth the minimal effort. Let us suppose the DICTIONARY file did not recognize the word "SCRIBBLE". You would be able to add this word to the DICTIONARY file and later, when you had "SCRIBBLED" or "SCRIBBLES" in your document, the file would automatically recognize that it is correct. The file refers to the root of a word and understands any added suffix, providing you spelled it right.
Please review the following definitions, for you will need to know them throughout the remainder of the manual.


         D‚I‚C‚T‚I‚O‚N‚A‚R‚Y‚:         A permanent file that originally
                             contains 40,000 words, but allows a
                             user to add to it at anytime.


         U‚S‚E‚R‚D‚I‚C‚T‚:           A temporary file, user created, that
                             contains words the DICTIONARY does
                             not. The words can be added to
                             the permanent DICTIONARY anytime
                             by using the DICTADD program.

         D‚I‚C‚T‚A‚D‚D‚:            A program the user will run to
                             delete words from the USERDICT file
                             and add them to the DICTIONARY.
                                                                                                                                         
                           Chapter 2 

                               H‚O‚W‚

Scribble! has a menu item called SPELL. Underneath SPELL are three options one can select, consisting of WORD, DOCUMENT and WINDOW. The following example will help familiarize you with the procedures the Spell menu uses.


1:      Select the sample document, (on the Scribble! diskette)
        "Gothic.doc" from PROJECT ARCHIVE and GET it on the
         screen.

2:      Click the left mouse button on any letter of the word
        "occupied". "Occupied" is the sixth word in the first
        sentence.

        P†l†e†a†s†e† †n†o†t†e† †t†h†a†t† †t†h†e† †e†n†t†i†r†e† †w†o†r†d† †w†i†l†l† †N‚O‚T‚ ‚b‚e†
        h†i†g†h†l†i†g†h†t†e†d†,† †b†u†t† †o†n†l†y† †o†n†e† †l†e†t†t†e†r†. This is normal
        operation for Scribble!. 

3:      Release the mouse button so you can glide it up to the
        title bar now.

4:      Once you have reached the title bar, where the word
        Scribble! is, and click the  right mouse button, the
        last menu will be SPELL.

5:      Glide the mouse along the bar until you reach SPELL.
        Underneath SPELL, a menu will appear that looks like
        this:

                       SPELL
                            
                             WORD
                             DOCUMENT
                             WINDOW
                                                                                  
6:      Glide the mouse down to WORD and release the right
        button. You should get a menu like this:
OCCUPIED             OCCUPATIONS         ------------------


-----------------    -----------------   ------------------



-----------------    ------------------   -----------------

CANCEL            LEARN                  REPLACE


This menu allows you to check the word "occupied" you highlighted in the sample document. If "occupied" was misspelled, it would have  appeared in orange. Since the word is correct, it appears in blue with a black surrounding border.


The other word appearing, in addition to "occupied", is a selection the DICTIONARY file displays as an alternate option you may want to choose from, instead of your original word. The three options, CANCEL, LEARN and REPLACE are defined below, after the point to remember statement below.


                          P‚L‚E‚A‚S‚E‚ ‚N‚O‚T‚E‚

I„f„ „y„o„u„ „c„h„a„n„g„e„ „t„h„e„ „c„o„l„o„r„ „o„p„t„i„o„n„s„ „t„h„r„o„u„g„h„ „A„m„i„g„a„ „D„O„S„ „p„r„e„f„e„r„e„n„c„e„s„,„ „y„o„u„ „w„i„l„l„ „r„e„c„e„i„v„e„ „d„i„f„f„e„r„e„n„t„ „c„o„l„o„r„s„ „(„n„o„t„ „o„r„a„n„g„e„ „o„r„ „b„l„u„e„)„ „f„o„r„ „m„i„s„s„p„e„l„l„e„d„ „a„n„d„ „c„o„r„r„e„c„t„l„y„ „s„p„e„l„l„e„d„ „w„o„r„d„s„.
                          D‚E‚F‚I‚N‚I‚T‚I‚O‚N‚S‚


         C‚A‚N‚C‚E‚L‚:             This will bring you back to the text
                             you were working with, whether or
                             not you performed LEARN or REPLACE 
                             functions.

         L‚E‚A‚R‚N‚:              This will add your new user word
                             to the temporary USERDICT file. In
                             essence, the file is l‚e‚a‚r‚n‚i‚n‚g‚ a new
                             word.

         R‚E‚P‚L‚A‚C‚E‚:            This will replace the incorrect
                             word with a correct one, or, you
                             can select another word from the
                             other options, to replace it.
                             
                             The word you surround in a black
                             border, by clicking on it with the
                             left mouse button, will replace the
                             "old" word in your text.



If a word appears in blue, then you know the word is in the DICTIONARY, and it is not necessary to add it to the file by using the LEARN option. If the word appears in orange, then you will need to add it to the file, so it can become part of a permanent file, by selecting LEARN.


To familiarize yourself with the above options even further, please follow the exercise below.


1:      Bring up the Gothic.doc we referred to before.

2:      Locate the word "gen'rally" (right hand side
        towards the bottom) and  click on any letter it
        contains with the left mouse button.

3:      Glide the mouse to the title bar, while pressing the 
        right mouse button, and after locating SPELL,the last
        menu option on the title bar, slide the mouse down that
        menu to highlight WORD.

4:      Release the right mouse button.
5:      You will receive a menu consisting of these options:


        gen'rally         gen         gender

        general           generally   

        CANCEL        LEARN       REPLACE


Since "gen'rally" i†s† spelled wrong, it has appeared in orange with a black surrounding border. The author of this text, obviously thought it necessary to spell  "gen'rally" this way, because he wanted you to focus on the casual tone of the conversation. For our purposes, we will correct the spelling to show you how the REPLACE function operates.


1:      Click the left mouse button on the correct
        "generally" word. It should now be surrounded
         by a black box.

2:      Glide the mouse down to the REPLACE box and click the
        left mouse button on it.

3:      Almost immediately, you should see the "generally"
        you highlighted REPLACE the original "gen'rally" on
        the Gothic.doc screen.

4:      If you wanted to use "gen'rally" frequently, you
        could add it to the USERDICT file by selecting LEARN
        with the left mouse button after highlighting it.


Later on, a similar help aid, will assist in familiarizing you with how to add words to the permanent DICTIONARY file, using the  
DICTADD program.


The second option underneath SPELL is DOCUMENT. You can highlight this option with the right mouse button, enabling the option to check an entire document for spelling errors at once.


With DOCUMENT, the orange highlight will automatically appear on one word at a time, allowing you to perform a SKIP, IGNORE, LEARN, GUESS, CORRECT, or QUIT function at that time.
At this time you may find it necessary to follow the instructions below, just to make sure you are becoming familiar with all of the Spell menu options.


1:       Access Gothic.doc 

2:       Select the DOCUMENT option under SPELL by highlighting
         it with the right mouse button.

3:       The first orange highlight should appear on "Kamelle".
         along with a menu in the bottom right hand corner that
         looks like this:


                        SPELL OPTIONS:

                         SKIP    IGNORE    LEARN

                         GUESS   CORRECT   QUIT


4:      Select GUESS by clicking on it with your left mouse
        button. 

5:      A menu like the one below should appear:


         Kamelle        Kaleidoscopes       Kamikaze

         CANCEL         LEARN               REPLACE


6:       To avoid changing the original text click the left
         mouse button on CANCEL.

         You could have clicked the mouse button on any
         option if you wanted to have the file LEARN a
         new word, or needed to REPLACE the original
         word with a new one.

7:       The original SPELL OPTION menu will appear on the 
         bottom right hand corner again. Select SKIP with the
         left mouse button if you feel comfortable with these
         options and go directly to the number 8 instruction.

         If you need more time to experiment, please do so, for
         the more familiar you become with all of Scribble!
         features, the happier you will be with the
         program.
  8:     Now the word "sheepmasters" is highlighted. If you
         select QUIT the whole DOCUMENT check process will cease.


The DOCUMENT check process will perform continuously, allowing you to use all SPELL options to correct the text of a document in entirety.

Please review the following definitions of these options. Without understanding them, you may not utilize the Spell menu options properly.


S‚K‚I‚P‚:              An option that allows you to overlook the 
                   incorrect spelling of a word just ONCE 
                   throughout the entire document.

                   This may be needed because you have to spell a
                   word wrong, on purpose, to set an example in a
                   Do and Don't book for children. You could have
                   used SKIP for the word "gen'rally" in a prior 
                   familiarization exercise.


I‚G‚N‚O‚R‚E‚:            This option allows you to overlook or
                   i„g„n„o„r„e„ the incorrect spelling of a word
                   THROUGHOUT the entire document. You may need
                   this to emphasize a point throughout your
                   text.


L‚E‚A‚R‚N‚:             This option allows you to add a word to
                   the temporary USERDICT file. The file is
                   l‚e‚a‚r‚n‚i‚n‚g‚ a new word.


G‚U‚E‚S‚S‚:             This option brings to screen the same
                   menu received as when you selected WORD from
                   the SPELL menu. Here, you will check the
                   incorrect word, and REPLACE it with the
                   correct spelling, or another word the
                   DICTIONARY provides.


C‚O‚R‚R‚E‚C‚T‚:           This option allows you to type in a
                   correct spelling, or another word, b†y†
                   y†o†u†r†s†e†l†f†, without the help or use of
                   DICTIONARY or USERDICT, for examples.
Q‚U‚I‚T‚:              This option enables you to quit the DOCUMENT
                   option, whether or not, you have performed any
                   of the above functions prior to selecting it.

                            R‚E‚M‚E‚M‚B‚E‚R‚

The above menu will only appear if the contents of a document contains misspelled words. If you select DOCUMENT and the orange highlight does not appear, then the DICTIONARY and USERDICT files do not recognize any misspelled words for the e‚n‚t‚i‚r‚e‚ document.


The amount of time Scribble! requires to check an entire document 
is directly proportional to the length of that document. Please do not expect Scribble! to check a 20 page document in the same amount of time as a 2 page document.


                        J‚U‚S‚T‚ ‚A‚ ‚R‚E‚M‚I‚N‚D‚E‚R‚

It is important to remember that Scribble! will refer to the USERDICT file and  the permanent DICTIONARY file when checking a word.

It is a good idea to get into the habit of running the DICTADD program frequently to receive a faster response from Scribble! and to avoid Scribble! thinking a word is wrong just because you added a suffix.


To familiarize yourself with how the above functions operate, simply access the "Gothic.doc" again, and take a few minutes to use each option.


The third option underneath SPELL is WINDOW. You will be able to highlight this with the right mouse, and then, all words the DICTIONARY does not recognize, in that specific window, will be highlighted.

At this time, access the Gothic.doc and glide the mouse up to the title bar.

1:       Select WINDOW underneath SPELL by highlighting it 
         with the right mouse button.

2:       Release the button. 
3:       All the words the DICTIONARY and USERDICT files
         does not recognize will remain highlighted in orange
         when the WINDOW is finished checking the screen.

It  is  now your decision to correct words at this time, or leave them alone until later.

To resume operation, press any key on the board, or click the left mouse button. Upon doing this, the highlight will disappear, allowing you to continue, or correct, any spelling errors.


                             R‚E‚M‚E‚M‚B‚E‚R‚

W†i†n†d†o†w† †i†s† †a† †q†u†i†c†k† †c†h†e†c†k† †d†e†v†i†c†e† †o†n†l†y†. It will let you know how many mistakes it recognizes for that window, but will not let you perform a function on them at that time. You may want to use Spell, the sixth option underneath Text, if you find many errors on one screen with Window.The Spell option under the Text menu will allow you to perform functions on the words it stops on.


If you are scrolling from screen to screen, please note, the WINDOW option will NOT highlight any partial words you may have on the right and left margins, thus leaving you unaware of any errors. If you want to check partial words, simply place them in a full window, which will allow the WINDOW option to check them for spelling errors.


SPELL is also located underneath the third item on your title bar  
named TEXT. It is the last (sixth) option on the TEXT menu.


If you select SPELL underneath TEXT, you will get almost the same results from it, as you did from DOCUMENT, however, you will need to highlight the text of the document manually so it can be checked.


You may, at this time, take a few moments to experiment with the SPELL feature underneath TEXT. The same rules are applicable for this option as with DOCUMENT, just remember that yƒoƒuƒ have to highlight the contents of the screen yourself.

Let us review how the last menu, SPELL, on your title bar, operates.

The steps Spell walks through to check and add a word are as follows:


When you select LEARN from a menu, the USERDICT file learns a new 
word and keeps it in the Amiga's memory.


The USERDICT file will not overflow with words unless you neglect to run the DICTADD program and allow the diskette to run out of space.


Whenever you select LEARN from a menu, the new word will be placed in the USERDICT file and remain there until you run the DICTADD program, that enables these words to become part of the permanent DICTIONARY.


Remember, Scribble! will refer to the permanent DICTIONARY and the USERDICT FILES when checking a word. For speed and spelling recognition it is a good idea to add words to the DICTIONARY frequently.

                 DICTADD FAMILIARIZATION PROCEDURE


Up until now, you have only read about DICTADD, but are not familiar with how the program actually operates.


1:      At this time, glide the mouse to the PROJECT menu and
        select QUIT.

2:      Your Workbench should appear. On it, you will notice a
        DICTADD icon.

3:      Click the right mouse button on the DICTADD icon.

4:      You will hear both disk drives working and you may see a
        few words appear as the files are going through the merge
        process.

5:      At this time the permanent DICTIONARY file should be
        updated and the USERDICT file should now be empty.


C‚A‚U‚T‚I‚O‚N‚
To run DICTADD you will need at least 230 FREE blocks on your diskette.