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Old 01-04-2008, 10:43 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Chris Saper
Spell check might be a little shaky though
Microsoft Word has a language tool that can check for grammar and spelling in many languages, including Danish.

I use it regularly when writing in Spanish and have generally been pleased with the results.

It does a fine job but there is one problem that I see regularly: it doesn't find homonym mistakes - that is, it doesn't catch words that sound alike but are spelled differently, such as "great/grate". I just ran a spell check on these sentences:
"That is grate! That is a grate piece."
The spell check didn't catch the problem.
So - Microsoft Word is fine, and I'd recommend using it for this and other projects, with the one caveat.
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