Specec 1.0 - Spell checker for AutoCAD 2000

Specec (V. 1.0) is an VLX application. It brings convenient spell checking in AutoCAD 2000.

Installing and loading Specec

The easiest way to install the Specec software is to run the "INSTAL" program. The following dialog appear:

You can choose one of the directories from the AutoCAD support files search path, let the proposed directory unchanged or create a new directory by changing the name of the proposed directory. Then press the “Next” button.

In this dialog, press the “Proceed” button to start copying the files to the specified directory.

If you want to manually install Specec, you must copy the files (mentioned in the above dialog box) in a new directory and add this directory to the support files search path (using AutoCAD pull-down menu: Tools->Options->Files->Support File Search Path->Add.

If you don’t choose to auto load the application, you must load them using the load function at the Command prompt like this:

Command: (load “specec”)

Configure Specec

The associated command is “set_spel”. It is not necessary to call this command if you don’t want to reconfigure the application.

Using this command you can change:

• the dictionary files
  
• the file that contain the ignored characters
  
• the zoom increment
  
• other options, showed in the dialog box below:
  

First, the program will search for question marks. After finishing searching for question marks, or after pressing the “Exit” button on the dialog box, will start the scanning for misspelled words. When a misspelled word is found, the dialog below will appear:

Replace will replace the misspelled word with the proposed word. By default, the proposed word and the misspelled word are the same. You can choose a word from the suggestion list. When pick on a word in this list, that word will be add in the “Replace with” edit box (the new proposed word). If the suggestion list is empty, you can type a new word. The new word can be add to the user dictionary at the end of scanning process. The program can not verify if the new typed word is spelled correctly!
If accidentally a bad word is added to the dictionary, the user can edit the dictionary using any text editor (i.e. Notepad), and delete the bad word.

Replace all will replace the word in question with the proposed word every time when it appear in the current scanning process.

Ignore is used when the word is not in dictionary, but it is spelled correctly and is not necessary to add it to the dictionary.

Ignore all will ignore that word every time when appear in the current scanning process.

Add is for adding the word in the user dictionary, if the word is correct spelled.

Back allow the user to go back one step, if going too fast and miss a word. In this version, it is possible to go only one step back.

Zoom in/ Zoom out: These buttons are for zooming in or out, to see the entire context or other details in drawing. The reference is the center of the drawing window. The zoom increment can be modified using the “set_spel” command, or “Configure” in the pull-down menu. The default value is 0.65.

DDEDIT call the AutoCAD command DDEDIT. It is necessary when the user want to edit the entire context string. As example, when is necessary to removing a space inside a word (the spell checker consider that are two separated words), or when a special character is found inside a word and must be replaced with a letter.

Resume: Sometimes the user realize a mistake in the drawing and need to fix it. Exit the spell checker, fix the problem and then restart the spell checker and press the Resume button. The software will ignore the words until the last checked.

Exit is for exit and Help is for help.

Trial version limitations:
The trial version cannot work with large dictionaries. You can use dictionaries with 3-4000 words. When using largest dictionaries, the scanning process will be too slow.

Download the free trial version

You can order the program by e-mail.