Comments on: Why I turn off Word’s grammar checking

By: Stewart

Stewart — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:16:19 +0000

So that’s where they hid the bastard. Thank whatever it’s gone now. I normally use OpenOffice and it was driving me crazy by trying to change “Only then would Woman be able to flourish.” to “Only then would Woman are able to flourish.”

Stupid MS Word.

By: handolio

handolio — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:46:21 +0000

Is there an echo?

By: LW

LW — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:23:40 +0000

And if the developers at Microsoft had to put up with the resultant explosion of potty-mouthing from Handolio, they’d fix this quick-smart.

By: handolio

handolio — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:19:21 +0000

@Jeremy – as it happens I did waffle on about changing your PC’s localisation a while ago.

At a guess, you’re setting it correctly on a document-by-document basis, but either your template or the documents you’re editing are set incorrectly. Start a new blank document and see which language it’s localised for. If it’s correct, tell all your freelancers they won’t be getting any more work until they each fix it on their PCs

@Elbeno – hello Ben! I think you’re right, and you might be right about the US English setting, but then everything else would be bothersome

There have to be better word processors out there than Word. I’ve found a couple that are close, but don’t handle things like tracked changes, word counts or hyperlinks as well. Sadly I keep coming back to Word, despite its frustrations. And, as Tom pointed out in answer to my next post, what frustrates me doesn’t frustrate everyone else.

By: Elbeno

Elbeno — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:21:53 +0000

I hypothesize that Word has a serial comma rule which your "perfectly legitimate comma" is triggering. I suspect this probably wouldn't be bothersome if you were using the US English setting. What you need is a word processor that exposes grammar rules and allows you to pick and define which rules you want to apply.

By: Jeremy Head

Jeremy Head — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:26:48 +0000

AARRGH! This also drives me nuts. Why DO a bunch of Microsoft programmers think they know more about grammar than me!? One bug I can never fix is language selection. I keep resetting it to UK English… and within a day or so it reverts to US. I am SURE they did this on purpose. Do you know how to do it? If so… please add another post!

By: Stace'

Stace' — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:49:46 +0000

*twitch* We hates the ribbon menu! I fear for the day that Microsoft forces it on Visual Studio users.

By: handolio

handolio — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:46:56 +0000

I thought I was very restrained, in fact.

I should also point out that I’m grateful to Dave The IT for sorting me out with a new PC.

By: cpev

cpev — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:44:41 +0000

And if the developers at Microsoft had to put up with the resultant explosion of potty-mouthing from Handolio, they’d fix this quick-smart.