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Review Date
Wednesday, 21st of May, 2008
What's Hot
Pretty good at picking out definitive errors
What's Not
Unforgiving of any deviation from absolute best practice — even in 'Creative writing' mode
The Final Word
As a comfort blanket for checking documents before you send them on, WhiteSmoke 2008+ Executive offers more than MS Word. It's full-featured and easy to use and picks up basic mistakes. But WhiteSmoke suffers from problems intrinsic to all automatic editors; without a human to make judgements, it will never be infallible. At $136.99 WhiteSmoke 2008+ Executive seems a little expensive to us, but the $79 General Writing version may suite your needs just as well.