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Woke Microsoft has infected MS Word [vanity]
FR ^ | 07/11/2021 | self

Posted on 07/11/2021 11:42:18 AM PDT by logi_cal869

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To: Bayard

And your use of verboten terms will be recorded and collected and will lower your social credit.

Could lead to intervention if needed.


41 posted on 07/11/2021 1:32:28 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: logi_cal869

Some years ago I had a copy of MS Word 95. I was doing some writing and I typed the sentence, “The man came into the room.” The grammar checker popped up stating “Gender Specific” and wanted me to change it to “the person came into the room.
This was really annoying. Luckily, the then Microsoft VP in charge of Word was a friend of many years. I complained to him and some months later I received a complimentary copy of MS Word 95 with the gender-specific fixer removed.
I hope they didn’t put it back in.


42 posted on 07/11/2021 1:36:14 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (To the Republic.)
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To: logi_cal869

MS Word 16.5 on Mac (Microsoft 365) doesn’t do that. It happily accepts “dumbass” and “dumbasses” and doesn’t scold me.


43 posted on 07/11/2021 1:45:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.” ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: MayflowerMadam

“No kidding. They changed the song?!?”

Yeppers. The last time I heard it on regular radio (not Sirius/XM) they had deleted that whole verse.
A real pizzer if you ask me.


44 posted on 07/11/2021 1:58:15 PM PDT by oldvirginian (Shut up and sing, shut up and dribble, shut up and play, shut up and act...just SHUT UP)
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To: logi_cal869

Not trying to be a “smartass”, but doesn’t using MS Word make a person a “dumbass”? 😀


45 posted on 07/11/2021 1:59:31 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: discostu

Not my copy...even when I check spelling and grammar.


46 posted on 07/11/2021 2:00:06 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: ducttape45

When they introduced the “ribbon” in 2007, that was it for me.


47 posted on 07/11/2021 2:07:55 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: oldvirginian

Glad I have my old CD.


48 posted on 07/11/2021 2:08:25 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I don’t like the “ribbon” either. I found a plugin for 2010 that gives me the old style back.


49 posted on 07/11/2021 2:58:47 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: logi_cal869

I’m looking for the macro-aggression feature.

And speaking of “woke.” Last year my IPAD popped up with a new “feature” where I could “show my pride” by giving my ipad a homo rainbow flag theme. So sick of this woke crap.


50 posted on 07/11/2021 3:33:57 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Remember the hubbub about the Orb. Was supposed to be the next best thing since sliced bread.

And then it was gone, apparently to celebrate rearranging the menu structure so as to obliterate decades of accumulated user experience with their product. I think they’re on the third version since the major menu overhaul and I still can’t find squat in Word, even though I could probably tell you from memory where it was in the 2003 version, which was essentially the same as all versions prior.


51 posted on 07/11/2021 3:54:27 PM PDT by chrisser (I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Welcome to our Brave New World.


52 posted on 07/11/2021 4:09:25 PM PDT by Pollster1 (America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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To: logi_cal869

^kb ^kk ^kc ^kv ^ky

Oh for the good old days !


53 posted on 07/11/2021 4:26:54 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
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To: BuffaloJack

OMG. Never saw that either.


54 posted on 07/11/2021 4:42:56 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ducttape45

The ribbon messed with my keystroke shortcuts so I never left 2003. Once when applying for a job I took a MS Word test, and when I told the tester I was finished she was surprised. Commented that it was too soon, and said I hadn’t touched my mouse. Guess she thought I was lying. Anyhow, I got the job. Hate the ribbon.


55 posted on 07/11/2021 5:13:17 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: chrisser

Don’t recall the Orb at all. Sounds sinister or other-worldly out something.

And Gates wants to put a shot in my arm.


56 posted on 07/11/2021 5:15:45 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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