I understand there is a special word software which can be used to
correct the text of novels. Copy editing is done by editors to check
among other things. punctuation, grammer, consistensy, proper usage
and typographical errors. Some kind of intellegent prgram. Could you
recommend a reliable and high quality software for professional use.

The two most commonly used (and probably the best) programs are:

Adobe InCopy 2.0: http://www.adobe.com/products/incopy/main.html 
(bundled with InDesign) and
Quark CopyDesk: http://www.quark.com/products/copydesk/

The pricse on these are a little high. I suggest using a price search
engine like http://www.froogle.com to find a good deal. Good luck!

-shiva777

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Request for Answer Clarification by fat55-ga on 02 May 2003 04:04 PDT

I requested for the name of English language software which corrects
gramatical mistakes and language usage (as well as spelling mistakes).
The products you have recommended do not have these capabilities.
Would you give me a considered opinion.

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Clarification of Answer by shiva777-ga on 02 May 2003 05:56 PDT

Got it. I apologize for my incorrect answer. After a lenghthy search I
was able to come up with just one piece of software that I think will
meet your needs:

Stylewriter
http://www.stylewriter-usa.com/

Here are some reviews on it:
http://bisoncreek.com/reviews/StyleWriter.html
http://www.editorsoftware.com/stylewriter-software/reviews.html

I hope this helps out.

-shiva777