HyperSpeller by Foundation Publishing is a utility that adds spell-checking
and search/replace capabilities to HyperCard. HyperSpeller is implemented
as two external commands (XCMDs): SpellCheck and FindChange. An installer
application places the externals in the Home stack. After installation,
SpellCheck and FindChange commands can be issued from HyperCard's message
box or a HyperTalk script. The HyperSpeller dictionary file is
approximately 164K. It must reside in the System Folder or the same folder
as HyperCard.
The user can specify the checking range. For example, "SpellCheck" for the
entire stack, "SpellCheck 30" for card 30 on, and "SpellCheck 12,12" for
card 12 only. The dialog box clearly states where the suspect word is
found. The user can then ask for suggestions, click on the Learn button, or
Skip the word to ignore it. A small text box in the dialog shows a limited
amount of the context in which the suspect word is found. For users with
small monitors, the spelling dialog box can be "zoomed" smaller or larger,
allowing the HyperCard card to be more visible.
The FindChange feature gives search and replace capabilities to HyperCard.
The Find/Change dialog allows the user to specify "whole word", "match
case", "change all", and "Change, then Find". As with the SpellCheck
dialog, there is a zoom box that makes the dialog smaller or larger.
For more details, search the Technical Info library under "Foundation
Publishing".