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Word goes woke: Microsoft introduces new feature that suggests PC alternatives
Daily Mail UK ^ | Jan. 12, 2022 | Sam Baker

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 ...


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KEYWORDS: microsoft; windowspinglist; wokeism
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To: Schatze

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.


21 posted on 01/13/2022 5:54:00 PM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: Schatze

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.


22 posted on 01/13/2022 5:56:01 PM PST by Bayard
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To: Schatze
Also from Microsoft.


23 posted on 01/13/2022 5:56:33 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Where re control settings?

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

24 posted on 01/13/2022 5:58:08 PM PST by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: GingisK

“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.)


25 posted on 01/13/2022 6:01:35 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: Bayard
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.

26 posted on 01/13/2022 6:04:19 PM PST by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: Schatze

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.


27 posted on 01/13/2022 6:04:51 PM PST by DarrellZero
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To: Schatze
You can turn it off on your screen, but the results will probably impact your "Social Credits" score.
Signed, Par35 (He, His, Him)
28 posted on 01/13/2022 6:07:52 PM PST by PAR35
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To: MayflowerMadam; GingisK

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


29 posted on 01/13/2022 6:10:43 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Schatze

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

LOL! Thanks Mommy Bill!

Libre Office...


30 posted on 01/13/2022 6:18:48 PM PST by Adder (Proud member of the FJBLGB community: /s is implied where applicable.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

OpenOffice.org it is.

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


31 posted on 01/13/2022 6:23:56 PM PST by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: dsrtsage

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


32 posted on 01/13/2022 6:31:01 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: PAR35; MayflowerMadam

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


33 posted on 01/13/2022 6:31:08 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Schatze; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
WOKE ALERT ... PING!

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

34 posted on 01/13/2022 7:39:37 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Schatze
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.

35 posted on 01/13/2022 7:50:24 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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

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


36 posted on 01/13/2022 11:15:42 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Schatze

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


37 posted on 01/14/2022 12:05:34 AM PST by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: Schatze

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.


38 posted on 01/14/2022 12:32:37 AM PST by thecodont
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To: nutmeg

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39 posted on 01/14/2022 12:34:27 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: Schatze

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


40 posted on 01/14/2022 1:43:28 AM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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