Word goes woke: Microsoft introduces new feature that suggests PC alternatives

Daily Mail UK ^ | Jan. 12, 2022 | Sam Baker

[Brian Griffin]

Type in ‘First Lady Jill Biden’ and see what it offers up.

Type in ‘Chief Executive Officer’ and see what it offers up.

Type in ‘African-American’ and see what it offers up.

[Bayard]

Just wait until it auto-correct your language from him and her to xim and xir.

You might even find old papers corrected automatically by algorithms. Forever we will hear about how Jesus was Born non-binary. ect.

[Drew68]

Also from Microsoft.

[Schatze]

Where re control settings?

Don't know where it is in the new version -- maybe under the Review tab.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I use Word 2003.”

Me, too — the whole MS Office 2003 Suite. The times we’ve relocated, the Office 2003 disc and my recipes on a flash drive have always been in my carry-on. (Windows 7, too.)

[Schatze]

Just wait until it auto-correct your language from him and her to xim and xir.

I wonder what it will do with "Latinx" since Hispanics now find that term offensive.

[DarrellZero]

SMH at the gall of these people.

Surely they realize that such a feature will repel far more users than it attracts.

They just don’t care.

[PAR35]

You can turn it off on your screen, but the results will probably impact your "Social Credits" score.
Signed, Par35 (He, His, Him)

[PAR35]

I’m up to date. I run Office 2013 on my Win7 machine.

[Adder]

ethnicity of ‘socioeconomic status’.
So when I write she’s a po Azz beotch, I might get flagged?

LOL! Thanks Mommy Bill!

Libre Office...

[Fai Mao]

OpenOffice.org it is.

Yeppers. And they’ll give it to you for free. But a donation is nice.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Wow, when you type Kamala it suggests ‘ho.’

[GingisK]

About six months ago my XP machine finally croaked. Now I must use Win10 bloatware. I hate it.

[dayglored]

WOKE ALERT ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Albion Wilde]

At least the function can be turned off.

Even if you are not using it, there's no guarantee that it isn't still monitoring your language and reporting back.

[minnesota_bound]

LibreOffice is the updated version of OpenOffice.
https://www.libreoffice.org

LibreOffice vs OpenOffice differences
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/

[JaguarXKE]

If it would replace “Let’s Go Brandon” with the more accurate language, I’d be ok with it.

[thecodont]

Word > Word Options > Proofing > Grammar Settings > Grammar & Refinements > Options
> Inclusiveness
_ Age Bias
_ Cultural Bias
_ Ethnic Slurs
_ Gender Bias
_ Gender-Neutral Pronouns
_ Gender-Specific Language
_ Racial Bias
_ Sexual Orientation Bias
_ Socioecononomic Bias

and

> Sensitive Geopolitical References
_ Geopolitical References

Some boxes (options) are checked by default.

[nutmeg]

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[momincombatboots]

Lol.. who still uses word on their pc? I am swithcing one pc to linux and still use the mac for convenience.