# Does anyone else write his or her posts in Word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704 "2004-09-29T19:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/1 "2004-09-29T19:06:13Z")
I was just wondering, am I the only one who writes all my posts in Word before copy and pasting them onto the boards? My spelling is atrocious, quite frankly, and I want to make sure that people don’t loose the meaning of my posts or questions when I miss-spell something. Anyone else do this? Has SDMB ever considered adding a spell check? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/2 "2004-09-29T19:08:33Z")
If a post is long and drawn out, I’ll copy it into word and do the check. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/3 "2004-09-29T19:11:54Z")
Notepad. I don’t like to rely on spellcheckers. I have also been burnt by losing a couple of posts along the way. Copy and paste for me. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/4 "2004-09-29T19:11:58Z")
I _occasionally_ use word to spell-check one word. But I nearly always use the board’s edit box to type my posts. Sometimes I’ll use notepad if I am responding to several and/or large posts in one reply and need to scroll up and down the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/5 "2004-09-29T19:37:32Z")
> [@FlippyFly](#): > > …I want to make sure that people don’t **loose** the meaning of my posts or questions when I miss-spell something. Note that spell checking isn’t infallible. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/6 "2004-09-30T02:46:09Z")
Usually, if the post involves a list, or a lot of words that may need spell chached, then I will type it in word first. But most of the time, no, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/7 "2004-09-30T11:30:35Z")
Sometimes, I do, for a longer or more detailed post. This one however I’ve just typed right in. I do always highlight and ctrl+c my posts before clicking Submit Reply though. ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/8 "2004-09-30T12:34:07Z")
I usually do. My spelling is awful. In 1979 was diagnosed (after two days of intelligence testing by the Newington Children’s Hospital) with a ‘spelling disability’ (I’m sure the name has changed by now). I can’t spell often transpose entire words into other words and mix up digits in phone numbers. I have plenty of chances to look like an idiot. Spell Check is any easy way to avoid some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/9 "2004-09-30T15:21:05Z")
Not Word, but Notepad. Usually only for longer posts. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/10 "2004-09-30T15:42:15Z")
This _is_ mundane and pointless, but since you asked. I use the editor in Outlook, which is already open and has spellchecking. For something as short as this I don’t bother. Do Ctrl-C before posting tho’. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/11 "2004-09-30T16:06:22Z")
There are spellchecker plugins for both [IE](http://www.iespell.com/) and [Mozillas Firefox](http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/). There is also one for [Opera](http://aspell.net/win32/), though I’ve never used it myself, and probably one for Netscape, too. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-write-his-or-her-posts-in-word/266704/12 "2004-09-30T19:40:37Z")
I looked at the Mozilla Firefox page, and promptly got confused. Oh well, I think my brain still needs to wake up. Since you asked: a combination of both. Spellcheck rules! 😃