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+.id NOTICE-NOT TO BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE BELL SYS EXCEPT UNDER WRITTEN AGRMT
+.id Writer's Workbench version 2.1, January 1981
+.TH PROOFR 1
+.SH NAME
+proofr \- automatic proofreader
+.br
+proofer \- alternative command-name for proofr
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B proofr
+[
+.B \-s
+][
+.B \-flags
+][
+.B \-ver
+]
+file ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Proofr
+is an automatic proofreading system
+that runs modified versions of 5 programs:
+.RS 5
+.TP 14
+.IR spellwwb (1)
+- checks for misspelled words.
+.TP
+.IR punct (1)
+- checks for rudimentary punctuation errors.
+.TP
+.IR double (1)
+- searches for consecutive occurrences of the same word.
+.TP
+.IR dictplus (1)
+- locates wordy and/or misused phrases and suggests alternatives.
+.TP
+.IR splitinf (1)
+- searches for split infinitives.
+.RE
+.PP
+.I Proofr
+is one of the programs run under the
+.IR wwb (1)
+command.
+.PP
+Options are:
+.RS 5
+.TP 7
+.B \-s
+produce a short summary version of
+.IR proofr .
+.RE
+.PP
+Two options give information about the program:
+.RS 5
+.TP 7
+.B \-flags
+print the command synopsis line (see above)
+showing command flags and options,
+then exit.
+.TP
+.B \-ver
+print the Writer's Workbench version number of the command, then exit.
+.RE
+.SH NOTE
+If the user has a file called
+.IR $HOME/lib/ddict ,
+.I proofr
+will run
+.I dictplus
+so that phrases in
+.I ddict
+are located or ignored, as specified.
+See diction(1), dictadd(1), dictplus(1) for more information.
+.PP
+If the user has a file called
+.IR $HOME/lib/spelldict ,
+.I proofr
+will run
+.I spellwwb
+so that words in
+.I spelldict
+are not listed as errors.
+See spellwwb(1) and spelladd(1) for more information.
+.SH FILES
+.TP 21
+/tmp/$$*
+temporary files
+.SH SEE ALSO
+spellwwb(1),
+punct(1),
+double(1),
+splitinf(1),
+diction(1),
+wwb(1),
+worduse(1),
+spelltell(1),
+deroff(1).
+.SH BUGS
+See other manual pages for bugs in individual programs.
+.SH SUPPORT
+.IR "COMPONENT NAME: " "Writer's Workbench"
+.br
+.IR "APPROVAL AUTHORITY: " "Div 452"
+.br
+.IR "STATUS: " Standard
+.br
+.IR "SUPPLIER: " "Dept 45271"
+.br
+.IR "USER INTERFACE: " "Stacey Keenan, Dept 45271, PY x3733"
+.br
+.IR "SUPPORT LEVEL: " "Class B - unqualified support other than Div 452"