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From: danno@css.itd.umich.edu (Daniel T. Pritts)
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Subject: Re: LC kills MacWrite spell checker?
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Date: 24 May 91 01:07:43 GMT
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In article <1991May23.142642.401@ac.dal.ca> pollak@ac.dal.ca writes:
>Problem:  MacWrite 5.0 spellcheck running on LC eats my documents
>
>I bought Claris MacWrite 5.01 to use when I have only a handful
>of memory available (its a nice small program).  The spell check 
>worked well on my SE/30, but now that I have gotten an LC, when
>I select Check Document, it selects all the text and deletes it.
>
>Anybody have any ideas?  Anybody have an Email address for Claris?

This problem first showed up on the IIci.  There is no fix.  Claris's
answer is to upgrade to MacWrite II.  

Personally I can't see why you'd want to use MacWrite 5.01 anyway...
what a GHASTLY program it was....but that's up to you.  Good luck.