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  • S Steve Thresher

    I get You can use your A web browser

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    Dan Neely
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    Are you sure you selected the trailing space? Missing that causes it to behave as expected.

    Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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      0 Create a new document. 1 Enter the phrase "You can use your web browser". 2 turn track changes on. 3 select the subphrase "You can use your " (including the trailing space). 4 type "A" to replace it. 5 press the space bar. 6 brillant. (output is "you’re a web browser")

      Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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      hairy_hats
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      It's actually doing something intelligent: you can't grammatically say "your a (something)", it has to be "you're a (something)", so it's actually correcting you're (sic) grammar.

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        It's actually doing something intelligent: you can't grammatically say "your a (something)", it has to be "you're a (something)", so it's actually correcting you're (sic) grammar.

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        Don Miguel
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        Steve_Harris wrote:

        It's actually doing something intelligent

        That's what I was worried about! :laugh:

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          Steve_Harris wrote:

          It's actually doing something intelligent

          That's what I was worried about! :laugh:

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          Rajesh R Subramanian
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          :laugh:

          It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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            0 Create a new document. 1 Enter the phrase "You can use your web browser". 2 turn track changes on. 3 select the subphrase "You can use your " (including the trailing space). 4 type "A" to replace it. 5 press the space bar. 6 brillant. (output is "you’re a web browser")

            Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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            Bassam Abdul Baki
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            Sorry, I don't get that - with or without the space.


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            • H hairy_hats

              It's actually doing something intelligent: you can't grammatically say "your a (something)", it has to be "you're a (something)", so it's actually correcting you're (sic) grammar.

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              realJSOP
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              What if you were going to type a whole other phrase in there? I don't need some hack crap-ware trying to out-think me.

              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                0 Create a new document. 1 Enter the phrase "You can use your web browser". 2 turn track changes on. 3 select the subphrase "You can use your " (including the trailing space). 4 type "A" to replace it. 5 press the space bar. 6 brillant. (output is "you’re a web browser")

                Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                I expect to be using Office 2003 for a loooooong time.

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                  0 Create a new document. 1 Enter the phrase "You can use your web browser". 2 turn track changes on. 3 select the subphrase "You can use your " (including the trailing space). 4 type "A" to replace it. 5 press the space bar. 6 brillant. (output is "you’re a web browser")

                  Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                  Paul Conrad
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                  :wtf:

                  "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                  • realJSOPR realJSOP

                    What if you were going to type a whole other phrase in there? I don't need some hack crap-ware trying to out-think me.

                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                    keyboard warrior
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                    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                    I don't need some hack crap-ware trying to out-think me.

                    How about a game of chess?

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                      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                      I don't need some hack crap-ware trying to out-think me.

                      How about a game of chess?

                      ----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford

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                      Paul Conrad
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                      Something along these lines? Joshua: Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess? David Lightman: Later. Right now lets play Global Thermonuclear War.

                      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                      • H hairy_hats

                        It's actually doing something intelligent: you can't grammatically say "your a (something)", it has to be "you're a (something)", so it's actually correcting you're (sic) grammar.

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                        Dan Neely
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                        No it wasn't, I was getting rid of the word "you" (not wanted in formal docs). I snipped the rest of the sentence as not needed to reproduce the behavior, the verb was then added later in the sentence "A web browser can...".

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                        • realJSOPR realJSOP

                          What if you were going to type a whole other phrase in there? I don't need some hack crap-ware trying to out-think me.

                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          Gary Wheeler
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                          Which is why I turn off the spelling checker, the grammar checker, and most of the automatic formatting and correction features. The spelling checker gives too many false positives in technical documentation due to acronyms and jargon. The grammar checker doesn't come with an appropriate model for my documents' typical audience, and I'm not willing to spend the time constructing one. The auto-format and auto-correction stuff just pisses me off, as I'm always having to go back and undo the changes it makes.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                            0 Create a new document. 1 Enter the phrase "You can use your web browser". 2 turn track changes on. 3 select the subphrase "You can use your " (including the trailing space). 4 type "A" to replace it. 5 press the space bar. 6 brillant. (output is "you’re a web browser")

                            Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                            David Crow
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                            dan neely wrote:

                            6 brillant. (output is "you’re a web browser")

                            Same in Word 2003.

                            "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                            "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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