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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hasn't word done this simce about offoce 2007? the autoformat as you type feature, specifically...

I only know this because I fucking hate it and have been religiously turning it off

[–] hibsen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weirdly it usually turns hyphens into en dashes instead of em dashes from what I’ve seen, which makes no sense at all.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, I've probably confused them all along

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hasn't word done this simce about offoce 2007?

Imagine writing your breakup in Office 2007... I mean, at least use a free and open-source software like LibreOffice.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Imagine getting broken up with via Clippy.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

When I breakup, I like to be brutal

[–] caesaravgvstvs@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But, it's a text, most likely written on mobile. If I got such text I would ask why they chose m dashes (to which I would get another llm answer)

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Brilliant point!