Comments | idontgiveafaux: poin the

idontgiveafaux

poin the

Feb 12, 2008 12:06

so i'm having a simple but annoying with microsoft works word processor (might have the same problem on microsoft word, not too sure...) and it's stupid spellchecker and autocorrect system. i noticed last night when i was working on my hp_rarities fic that when i type "point he" (as in, 'at which point he went away...') it auto incorrects itself into "poin ( Read more... )

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sesheta_66 February 12 2008, 12:28:38 UTC

I turn off the auto correct (there are a few things it does like that - Word also). You still get the red underline, so you can right click manually and it'll give you suggestions later, or do a spell check to have it prompt you for all 'errors' it finds.

Tools - autocorrect - uncheck the box (automatically use suggestions from the spell checker).

Hope that helps.

idontgiveafaux February 12 2008, 13:02:17 UTC

thanks hon :) what i forgot to mention was that i don't like turning off autocorrect because it doesn't turn these sort of speech marks (") into the ones that curve inwards (i believe they're called smart quotes)

sesheta_66 February 12 2008, 17:09:04 UTC

Actually, the box I mentioned only turns off the auto-replace dictionary suggestions. It still leaves smart quotes, accidental capslock and other things on.

Oh, and that test was charming ... ;)

idontgiveafaux February 12 2008, 17:15:53 UTC

oh... ::is puzzled:: i'm sure i've turned that option off before and the reason i had to put it back again was because the smart quotes weren't included. i'll try it again or maybe just convert to word and see if that's any better :D

the test is a bundle of joy, isn't it? lol! ::hugs::

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starrose17 February 12 2008, 13:24:34 UTC

You're very lucky I didn't have the sound on when I took that test LOL

idontgiveafaux February 12 2008, 16:50:22 UTC

hee! :D

gurliemoviegeek February 12 2008, 13:46:46 UTC

You little rat!!!
I practically had my nose pressed to the screen because I couldn't see the number...
Scared me out of my seat!!!

ROTFLMAO

You're too cute!

*squishes you*

idontgiveafaux February 12 2008, 16:51:47 UTC

LOL i don't know why it took me so long to post that link, i knew about the test up to five years ago! and it's funny you should mention falling out your seat because when my sister took it she actually fell out of the chair and rolled on the carpet while my cousin just went so pale i was going to call him draco ;)

catsintheattic February 12 2008, 13:54:55 UTC

That test nearly killed me.

*pets her delicate senses*

You have to make it better, because you tricked me into taking that test! Do something, now!

Hint: chocolate helps against Dementors... *g*

idontgiveafaux February 12 2008, 16:53:10 UTC

::is innocent:: tricked you into taking the test? i only wanted to help you test your eyesight! ::snickers::

i don't have a chocolate icon but ::throws you virtual milky bars and malteasers:: hope that helps *g*

catsintheattic February 12 2008, 17:17:28 UTC

*catches chocolate bars*

I know that in the US, people warn for nudity even if it's just about breastfeeding and hand out the gore like lollipops. But I'm an old-fashioned European with a very good eye-sight, and I couldn't see a warning on YOUR test, so yes, I regard that as TRICKING me! *g*

Now, I wish I could send Severus from your icon to you to do as he pleases, but I'm afraid that you might enjoy it too much. *ggg*

A Gryffindor would just send you a Howler. I think about how to force you into sending more chocolate, preferably dark. Milky bars are just a bit too milky. But when I was a child, I tried if they would really swim in milk, like the advertising proclaimed. They do! So yay for youth research! *g* What exactly are Malteasers? I understand that they're also a kind of chocolate bar, right?

idontgiveafaux February 14 2008, 12:58:01 UTC

hand out the gore like lollipops! LOL! that's funny :D

Now, I wish I could send Severus from your icon to you to do as he pleases, but I'm afraid that you might enjoy it too much. *ggg*

::smirks:: you know me so well XD

I think about how to force you into sending more chocolate, preferably dark. Milky bars are just a bit too milky. But when I was a child, I tried if they would really swim in milk, like the advertising proclaimed. They do! So yay for youth research! *g* What exactly are Malteasers? I understand that they're also a kind of chocolate bar, right?ooh, i didn't know milky bars swim in milk! that is brilliant! and malteasers are lovely chocolate balls and you can get them in white chocolate too. i'll try and find a link. oh, and speaking of youth research, malteasers are advertised as 'the lighter way to enjoy chocolate' and once i wanted to know if they really were light so i threw my head back, balanced it on my lips and blew and it stays in the air and if you time it right, you can stop blowing and let it fall into ( ... )

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sassy_cissa February 12 2008, 14:21:55 UTC

In your autocorrect there should be a place to add your own corrections. Just type point in both the boxes.

I will admit I have Word 2007, so it might be different, but I've been able to add many things to mine so they autocorrect. Like my constantly typing Darco - now it automatically changes it to Draco. *shrugs* works for me. lol

idontgiveafaux February 12 2008, 16:55:18 UTC

it's just annoying because i'll regularly use "point the" and "point he" so changing one phrase will automatically affect the other lol. you'd think with how far technology has come forward that they'll be able to sort it out (though they say that once you start complaining about technology means you're relying on it too much) ;)