PicoSpell is an extraordinary program. Not only does it have  the smallest footprint on your desktop but, for a spelling program, it does not contain a dictionary. Instead, it uses the power of Microsoft Office Word to do all the hard work. Not that Picospell  is trivial - it took many hours of hard work to get it to perform this miracle.  

How many times have you wanted to quickly check a word in something you are working on? Well, now you can type or paste the word in PicoSpell and it will tell you if it is correct, or give you alternatives to choose from. You get the same advice as if you were working on a Word document. A simple double-click, and the selected word is in the clipboard ready to be pasted wherever it’s needed. The dictionary used is your familiar MS Word one, so there is no need to worry about what region you are in.

 

The only requirement is that you have MS Office on your system (Version 97 - 2010) The program works from Win98SE through to Win7 (x64).

 

You can download PicoSpell here for a free 30-day trial. If you like it, then you can purchase a key to permanently unlock it ($14.95), which will entitle you to free updates for life.

 

If you have any problems with the download, or wish to contact me, email me at support(at)vitalsparks.com

There is nothing underhand or illegal in performing this feat - it uses an application of MS Office Automation, which is a published and acceptable way of delving into MS Office externally, through the application of the MS Office Sever mechanism.

 

So, what is Picospell for?