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.
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I didn’t pay for My copy, so I’m already Woke.
MS Word? That’s like SpeedScript from 1984. Nobody has used that in decades, and decades.
LOL! I’m still using Word 97!!
Cool. Now I have a suggestion tool to up my game of owning in more offensive ways when I have to send sternly worded emails to some of the a$$holes I have to deal with.
LibreOffice. Better than Word ever was.
I’m glad someone posted this. I read it this morning and got a nice chuckle.
You can disable this feature in “word settings” but I bet most businesses that buy the suite in mass will have the “disable” feature removed.
Another fireable offense,”How could you write “mankind”? You must have ignored the purple line warning, insubordination.
“Looks like you’re trying to transcribe drunk schizophrenic. Would like help with that?”
does it automatically assign preferred pronouns too or do we still have to do it?
When I wrote edicts, and strong suggestions, I wrote them by hand and xeroxed copies to be distributed. I’m quite certain I’ve never used Word… although I did use SpeedScript before I was of working age.
I’m not an old guy, I just never had a reason to use Word.
Good. Now I will know what to do more of in my writing.
I am just surprised it has not asked why haven’t I been vaxed and died off.
I found out if you type in ‘Brandon’ it changes to joe*…
This could provide hours of fun for those like me who will make a game of it.
I use older versions of Word and Excel quite a bit, but it never ceased to amaze me that over the many mutatations of their wartware Microsft couldn’t even be compatible with themselves!
use Apache Open Office … it’s better than any Microsoft ‘Pay to Play’ writing, spreadsheet, presentation software/spyware & it’s FREE!!! … have used it for years
https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html
Who was it (Steve Jobs?) who once said, “They’re (Microsoft’s) software is so mediocre.” Some things never change.
Type with a typewriter. Write with your hand. I know, who the fuck has a typewriter, and who writes with his hand?
Oh well. Who cocks a pistol, a fucking SA pistol, none the less?
I’m rather a fan of the 1911.
I still have MS Office 2010 that I bought through work for $20. For that price I can’t complain.
@Wild Bill January 14, 2022 at 12:12 am
> For that price I can’t complain.
Now that’s old school
MS Word?….
Better dial up AOL on my external modem first….
I dropped Microsoft products almost 20 years ago. Never looked back.
Not one of their software or hardware products I have paid for since then.
Went completely custom hardware and open source software.
I did not know that double-spacing is non-inclusive.
Still have Word 10 on my 2006 Dell desktop.
I don’t even know what’s new.
It still works great. And I like no camera or mic on my computer.
WordPerfect was far superior.
Have a Mac. Pages is cheap alternative.
by a copy of Office for XP off fleabay,it was the last open license copy and works with Win7, 8, & 10, and can be updated with upgrades 2 & 3 & the 04 & 07 patches for free. no paying for that crap monthly or with PC controls!!!
Will the letters need to be Social Distanced? Will I get canceled if I do not use a number? Will using an ampersand be considered transphobic? Now I am afraid to look at an asterisk………..
No more upgrades!
Not just MS Word: any gun or outdoors-related email ALWAYS gets dumped in junkmail.
It’s the one consistent thing about the entire suite.
i………. ow I am afraid to look at an asterisk…
It’s OK to look, just don’t compliment it out loud by saying: “Nice asterisk”
GA Native, ditto. MSWord 97.
And occasionally, Open Office.
I HEAR IT TURNS “CHINKY-DINK FLU” INTO “FAUCI’S FOLLY”