Re: make autocorrect in microsoft word a more "intelligent" program



WordJunkie: I would think that to be able to track such a think, Word would
have to track every single "correction" you make...which would create a
humongous database, at least if it's counting MY corrections! It's just an
unreasonable thing to hope for, methinks.
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Anne Troy
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"WordJunkie" <WordJunkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> First, I have to clarify that I use Microsoft Office 2000. My suggestion
> is
> regarding the autocorrect feature in Microsoft Word. Right now, there is a
> way to add words so that, in the future, MS Word will autocorrect
> misspelling
> and typos. However, it would be really, really great if MS Word can
> "learn"
> to auto-add words/correction based on frequent patterns of misspelled
> words
> and corrections made. In other words, if I frequently type "presense"
> instead
> of "presence" and correct it, it would be helpful if MS Word could keep
> track
> of this mistake/correction pattern and auto-add it to the autocorrect list
> after, say, 5+ times of the same mistake/correction.
>
> Of course, I don't know if this is already a feature in Word 2003?
>
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