I am looking for a way to spell check an entire filesystem.  I have
about 1000 files in various subfolders I need to spell check.  I want
to select all of the folders or files, and then kick off one big spell
check.  I do not want to open the files individually and spell check
them one at a time.  What it the easiest way to do this?

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Clarification of Question by cmsb705-ga on 02 Jan 2004 08:18 PST

Files are regular ASCII text files.

"MicroSpell" Spelling Checker (for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP)
- Checks HTML, TeX/LaTeX, RTF, and ASCII (plain text) 
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"* Specify multiple files at once, and in a variety of ways. You can
specify files using the Windows file open dialog, by drag-and-drop
from Windows Explorer or "Find Files", by copy-and-paste, by using the
speller's file name completion dialog, from a command line or batch
file, or by using the Windows pop-up menu "Send To" command. Most
methods of opening files let you specify a group of files at once.
*	Document List holds to-do info and statistics. MicroSpell opens and
checks one document at a time, but you can "queue up" many files on
its Document List and check them one after another. You can edit the
Document List to skip checking or to recheck any file. The Document
List also displays word counts and other statistics for each file
checked, plus grand totals."
http://www.microspell.com/features.html
(see "File / Text handling") 
  
How to Check Multiple Documents (and Navigate Among Them) 
http://www.microspell.com/man/HowTo.htm#HOW_TO_CHECK_MULTI
   
You can download a full working version of MicroSpell from here:
http://www.microspell.com/downloads.html
(This copy of the speller is free, but it will only work for 45 days
following installation unless you pay a small fee to register it.
Under our "name your own price" experiment, you can register for a
little as $5.)
  
  
Hope that works for you.
   
   
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perfect suggestion, exactly what I was hoping for

Textpad software should help you in doing so.But the method is not
direct method . Firstly you need to  :  Select all the files to be
changed  > Right Click > Open with Textpad. Press F7 for spell
checking once you have found a the wrong word ,Press ESC, Press F8
,(Replace Utility appears) Under the SCOPE  column select "All
Documents" and fill in the "Replace with" textfield as necessary .
Once done press "Replace All" Button. Then press "OK" to replace text.
Hopefully will solve your problem.

Freaks