1. Universal SPELLING, GRAMMAR, DICTIONARY, THESAURUS,
AUTOCORRECT, and AUTOTYPE in every Mac OS X application.
2. Universal interactive (check-as-you-type) with auto-show spelling and grammar and universal batch spelling and grammar
checking.
3. Smart SPELLING checking uses Thematics technology conjointly with the grammar parse engine for error checking and
suggestions, over 220,000 words internal
metaphonic spelling dictionary, checks homophone spelling in context (a first) and uses phonetic, typographic, and variant phrases
for suggestions, provides
matching in-context parts-of-speech suggestions. Simultaneous multilingual spell check with additional free language
dictionaries.
4. GRAMMAR - checks phrase usage, grammar, and punctuation with the most comprehensive commercial grammar parsing engine ever
developed.
Check for dangling modifiers, subject verb agreement, squinting modifiers, comma splices, homophones, and more. Core engine uses Thematics technology.
5. DICTIONARY/THESAURUS - integrated dictionary/thesaurus lookup to grammar/spell document checking with over 400,000 word
definitions, hyphenation,
parts of speech with noun plurals and verb conjugation forms. The Dictionary and Thesaurus become an integrated assistant for
document spelling and grammar checking.
6. AUTOCORRECT - over 40,000 words, interactive AutoCorrect automatically corrects spelling mistakes as you type. AutoCorrect
Two initial capital letters, proper nouns,
smart quotes, and hyphens to em and en dashes.
7. Styled AUTOTYPE - interactive styled-text AutoType feature automatically types your commonly used phrases with font styles,
colors, and date/time stamps. Multiple on-the-fly switchable AutoType dictionaries.
8. Educational reference assistant: shows error explanation, parts of speech, linear sentence diagraming, or word frequency.
9. View and select any error in a spelling/grammar document check. A document error view drawer provides underlined in-context errors
so that you can click on any error to correct it.
10. Interactive notification sounds for spelling, grammar, AutoCorrect, and AutoType. Interactive windows autofade after a
predetermined count of words.
10. Preferences setup for keyboard shortcuts, Writing Rules location, interactive sounds, window, and Dock settings.
12. Statistics analysis - readability, reading ease, human interest ratings. View and compare any sentence in relation to other sentences. Quickly find the longest or shortest sentences, hardest-to-read or easiest-to-read sentences, and most or least interesting sentences.
13. Universal menu with separate on-the-fly switchable Current Writing Style, Spelling dictionaries, and interactive
application preference settings.
14. Lockable authentication settings for all Writing Rules and Preference settings for the classroom setting.
15. Features are available from the OS X Dock.
16. Option to eliminate the Grammarian Dock menu and transform Grammarian PRO2 X into a background
application.
17. Automarkup - Automatically scans the document and marks all errors in an easy-to-reference markup style.
Figure 1. Spelling and Grammar Check with Dictionary/Thesaurus Lookup
Assistant
Click on any suspect error
in the document error view drawer (left). Make the changes and corrections (center). Look up words and definitions in
the
Dictionary/Thesaurus assistant drawer (right). This powerful design makes proofreading fun! Learn as you
work.
Correcting spelling mistakes is easy. The
autoshow window pops up and offers spelling suggestions. And, the see-through window doesn’t get in your way while you are typing because it autofades after a predetermined
count of words. |
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Figure 2. Interactive Spelling Check |
Figure 3. Interactive Grammar Check
Grammarian makes all the
grammar corrections to the sentence before entering the sentence into your document. This allows you to proofread as you
make changes. |
Grammarian Writing Rules--Grammar pane (Figure 4. left)
and Spelling pane (Figure 5. right) (
Customize Grammarian’s
rules to suit your tastes. The Grammar pane sets the Grammar Rules of the Rule Group and Writing Style,
and the Spelling Pane sets the Spelling Rules. |
Grammarian Writing Rules--AutoCorrect pane (Figure 6.
left) and AutoType pane (Figure 7.)
The AutoCorrect pane allows customization of interactive automatic corrections. The AutoType pane
allows the editing of AutoType shorthands. |
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Figure 8. Grammarian Preferences, Dock & Menu Pane
Easily
eliminate the Grammarian Dock icon and the Grammarian menu bar by changing this preference from the
Grammarian Preferences Dock pane.
Figure 9. Grammarian Preferences, Window Features
Pane (
Change the preference settings for interactive and document
check selection windows. If you prefer standard Aqua windows instead of Brushed-metal windows,
you can change it here. |
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Figure 10. Grammarian Dictionary/Thesaurus
Lookup
Quickly look up and
replace words from your document. Dictionary definitions and thesaurus entries are shown with grammatical inflections. Click on the blue underline link to look up an associated word. Click Replace totransfer the replacement word into your document. You can also copy a definition from the window to paste into your document. |
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Figure 11. Grammarian Document Statistics
Show document readability,
reading ease, human interest ratings. |
Grammarian PRO2 X frequently asked questions
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