Word: proofread
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are many software add-ons that can improve the power of your word-processor and help clean up your prose. Spelling checkers, programs that proofread your paper for typographical errors, can be very useful, and although the Happy Hacker has no specific recommendations as yet (he's currently reviewing several for an upcoming column), most dictionary programs are better than sitting down with a dictionary...
...quotes full of Wall Street buzzwords are strung together without explanation; and dozens of observations can only be called stupid--as, for instance, "The tiny typing discrepancy in the presence of periods in 'C.L.' and their absence in 'MCL' gave the paper the appearance that it hadn't been proofread...
...programmer's typed instructions and loading them into the computer's memory. When the disc stops spinning-presto!-an exact replica of the program will be imprinted on the machine's temporary memory, all debugged and ready to deal the cards. Or, depending on the disc, proofread the term paper, balance the books or tell you to sell the hogs...