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Subject:Re: Spelling Checkers. From:Karla McMaster <mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 20 Jul 1994 10:17:12 EST
Steve Fouts started funny spell-checking stories and I just had to add one. A
_former_ technical writer (he may still be a technical writer, but not for the
same company) made the mistake of accepting the spell-checker's defaults
automatically, and instead of talking about "transaxial" slices in images, the
document ended up talking about "transsexual" slices. Thank goodness the thing
was caught before it went out the door.
Karla McMaster, technical writer
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
mcmaster -at- cti-pet -dot- com
