Working off-line in order to submit a more polished reply ?

[karenp]

How can this be done successfully. (And is there any sort of spell check function while in the edit box?

[steve]

Hi Karen,

It's good that you are wanting to work on the clarity of posts. I often have to return to edit my own posts because, when reading it after posting it, I often feel I have not stated sopmething clearly enough. Sometimes I edit a single post five or six times—usually at a single sitting! I keep re-reading it and finding misspelled words, omitted words, sentences that are not clear, punctuation mistakes,etc.

The forum has its own spell-checker when you are composing an original post (if you spell a word incorrectly, it will be underlined by a red, dotted line). I have found that this feature does not work when I return to edit a post that I have previously posted.

Sometimes, if I am writing a long response, I just open a Word document on my computer and write/edit on that. Once I have what I think will be my final draft, I cut and paste it to the forum as a post.

[karenp]

Thank you for your notes. I' look forward to giving it a try.