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jdesai-21-Visitor
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November 1, 2017
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Spell check

  • November 1, 2017
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Hello,

Is there any spell checker in MC Prime? If yes, where is it?

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LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
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November 1, 2017

There are features that are more important, lacking from Prime.

It just isn't there yet.

See also here: https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad-Questions/Spelling-in-the-new-Mathcad-Prime/m-p/58719#M23285

 

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jdesai-21-VisitorAuthor
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November 1, 2017

Nothing is more important than spell check.  You could have an analysis with all the esoteric calculations, but if you have a few typos, it really makes a bad impression.

 

If MC wants to expand its user base, it needs to have all the basic functions of Word and Powerpoint. Doing the calc part in MC and doing a presentation in Word or Powerpoint, and then copying and pasting, and linking files is a great hassle.

 

This issue should have higher priority than adding complex and esoteric math functions which are used by few people. Most users just use MC for regular Math stuff

 

 

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Fred_Kohlhepp23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
November 1, 2017

"Nothing is more important than spell check"

 

In a calculation program?  Really?

 

I (and many) have been struggling along pasting excerpts from Mathcad files into Word and PowerPoint to create documents.

 

If you need a spell check, don't you also need tables of content, tables and figures?  How about footnotes and end notes?  Lists of references?

 

I'd rather have better graphing capability than a spell check, if we're voting.-*-

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    PeterMoe19631-Visitor
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    March 13, 2019

    I use Mathcad as a replacement for paper, pen and pocket calculator. Probably I use 1% of the full functionality, but a spell checker is sorely missing.

     

    All calculations should be well documented and there the spell checker comes in. As someone else said, a few spelling mistakes make nice calculations look bad.


    Mathcad would not have to reinvent the wheel, the spell checking technology is already there, in various forms. Mathcad could team up with a company like Grammarly, problem solved.

     

     

     

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    Fred_Kohlhepp23-Emerald I
    23-Emerald I
    March 13, 2019
    @PeterMoe1963 wrote:

    I use Mathcad as a replacement for paper, pen and pocket calculator. Probably I use 1% of the full functionality, but a spell checker is sorely missing.

     

    All calculations should be well documented and there the spell checker comes in. As someone else said, a few spelling mistakes make nice calculations look bad.


    Mathcad would not have to reinvent the wheel, the spell checking technology is already there, in various forms. Mathcad could team up with a company like Grammarly, problem solved.

    PTC is unlikely to invest in creating a spell checker for Mathcad.  I suggest, if you are just beginning, that you consider SMath--it's free, and open source.  There may even be a spell checker, or at least the opportunity to develop one.

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    PeterMoe19631-Visitor
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    March 13, 2019

    Just starting? Well, I use Mathcad on a low level, but I use it for years.

     

    Thanks for pointing out the open-source alternative, although it doesn’t have a spell checker, what do I win? Seems to be able to open some Mathcad file, I’ll check it out.

     

    By the way, that Mathcad has no plans to integrate spell checking is your private opinion/impression, I guess? Or was there some kind of announcement by PTC?

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