Argh, stupid spellchecker!

[starrkers]

It's gone and got all correct on me, highlighting every contraction I use (and I use quite a few of them!) and wanting me to change them to the long form. And change all my "but"s into "nevertheless"s or "however"s and "so"s into "therefore"s.
Stupid thing. I'm not writing period fiction, I'm writing stroke!

 

[slyc_willie]

It's gone and got all correct on me, highlighting every contraction I use (and I use quite a few of them!) and wanting me to change them to the long form. And change all my "but"s into "nevertheless"s or "however"s and "so"s into "therefore"s.
Stupid thing. I'm not writing period fiction, I'm writing stroke!

Can't you turn it off?

 

[impressive]

Can't you turn it off?

But we work so hard to turn things ON!

 

[jomar]

It's gone and got all correct on me, highlighting every contraction I use (and I use quite a few of them!) and wanting me to change them to the long form. And change all my "but"s into "nevertheless"s or "however"s and "so"s into "therefore"s.
Stupid thing. I'm not writing period fiction, I'm writing stroke!

MS is evil. And thinks it's all that.

 

[slyc_willie]

But we work so hard to turn things ON!

Don't tell me you've never turned something on that later annoyed the hell outta you

 

[starrkers]

Can't you turn it off?

I could, but I'm writing on the clunky old keyboard that drops letters every now and then, and need to pick them all up again.

Nw it wants me to change "And" to "in addition" or "Moreover".

I feel like my computer's been invaded by a grey haired school marm in a cardigan and support hose.

 

[slyc_willie]

I could, but I'm writing on the clunky old keyboard that drops letters every now and then, and need to pick them all up again.

Nw it wants me to change "And" to "in addition" or "Moreover".

I feel like my computer's been invaded by a grey haired school marm in a cardigan and support hose.

Hmm. Maybe you could just turn off the autocorrect function

Although, I gotta say, it is kind'a funny . . .

 

[Weird Harold]

I could, but I'm writing on the clunky old keyboard that drops letters every now and then, and need to pick them all up again.

You can turn each of those suggestions off individually, but I tend to just shut of the "check while typing" spelling and grammar check because I discovered that MSWord can get a serious case of the slows as it tries to highlight every "error" in a novel-length document.

MSWord's default "business mode" settings are why fiction writers who don't bother to learn how to customize the spelling and grammar functions to suit their style hate one of the best friends their writing can have.

 

[starrkers]

Hmm. Maybe you could just turn off the autocorrect function

Although, I gotta say, it is kind'a funny . . .

Makes writing sex interesitng, feeling like granny's watching over you!!

 

[slyc_willie]

Makes writing sex interesitng, feeling like granny's watching over you!!

Hey, not nice . . . I got caught by my grandmother once. Not the most traumatic event in my life, but close.

 

[TxRad]

Starrkers, Now you've done it. You've gone all formal

Well, your grammar checker has slipped into formal in any case. right clicvk the little red x at the bottom of the page or go up to tools and select spell grammar checker.

Down in the lower right hand corner it will show what you have your grammar checker set on. I'm pretty sure it is set to formal, change it to standard or go in and uncheck contractions in formal. that should solve the problem.

You may have to click on the recheck document button to reset everything more or less.

 

[starrkers]

Thank you Tx, I kiss your feet - you've banished the school marm!

 

[impressive]

Don't tell me you've never turned something on that later annoyed the hell outta you

More times than I care to count.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Thank you Tx, I kiss your feet -<snip>

I'd pay to see that!

 

[TxRad]

Thank you Tx, I kiss your feet - you've banished the school marm!

Glad to be of help, I just changed mine from standard to formal. I'm still fine tuning it so I understand the school marm. I just wish would put that friggin ruler down.

 

[TxRad]

I'd pay to see that!

That AV is freaking me out.