Posted on 01/13/2022 5:30:36 PM PST by Schatze
Microsoft has included a new function in the latest version of its Word software that acts as a checker for inclusivity and offers PC alternatives to phrases which could upset others.
Traditionally, Microsoft Word has offered tools to its 250 million users such as checking software for spelling, punctuation and grammar.
But now, the tech giant has added an additional feature which reads through a user's work and examines whether the language used may offend an individual. The Sun reports it does this by highlighting phrases focusing on gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity of 'socioeconomic status'. The function, which produces a purple line beneath words or phrases it deems to be potentially problematic, can be turned on and off in Word's settings.
Microsoft Word also used red lines to point out spelling mistakes and green lines for grammatical errors.
After highlighting the inclusivity issue, Word's new functionality will suggest more acceptable alternatives ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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.
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.
Don't know where it is in the new version -- maybe under the Review tab.
“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.)
I wonder what it will do with "Latinx" since Hispanics now find that term offensive.
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.
I’m up to date. I run Office 2013 on my Win7 machine.
ethnicity of ‘socioeconomic status’.
So when I write she’s a po Azz beotch, I might get flagged?
LOL! Thanks Mommy Bill!
Libre Office...
OpenOffice.org it is.
Yeppers. And they’ll give it to you for free. But a donation is nice.
Wow, when you type Kamala it suggests ‘ho.’
About six months ago my XP machine finally croaked. Now I must use Win10 bloatware. I hate it.
Even if you are not using it, there's no guarantee that it isn't still monitoring your language and reporting back.
LibreOffice is the updated version of OpenOffice.
https://www.libreoffice.org
LibreOffice vs OpenOffice differences
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/
If it would replace “Let’s Go Brandon” with the more accurate language, I’d be ok with it.
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.
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Lol.. who still uses word on their pc? I am swithcing one pc to linux and still use the mac for convenience.
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