#Microsoft Word Editor

[ratuszarsenal]

so there's this thing which I've dubbed academic fiction, where I write a long, precise academic paper, confirming to your citation model of choice and everything, except every single thing in there is made up. anyway if I made a zine that was a pretend-academic journal full of only that would anyone be interested in reading it

[dravidious]

Typing Tips That I Stumbled Upon Randomly:

The Ctrl key lets you jump between words really quickly. If you hold Ctrl and press the left or right arrow keys, instead of moving your cursor 1 character you'll move it a whole word; if you want to edit that word that's 3 words back, you can just hold Ctrl and left-left-left, and you're there.

Even more useful in my opinion, if you hold Ctrl and press Backspace you'll delete the entire word you're on. That's just really nifty because a lot of the time when you're deleting you want to delete the whole word, so this is much faster.

Also, idk how well-known this is but holding Shift and moving your cursor will make you highlight any characters you move over. That's useful on its own, but combining that with Ctrl lets you quickly highlight whole words or sentences, so you can easily copy+paste them. You can also hold Shift to edit any selections you made with your mouse or something.

Also it took me too long to realize that the Home and End keys are actually really nice sometimes. Home takes you to the start of the line you're on, and End takes you to the end. Hold Shift while doing that and you can highlight the whole line. Very nice for programming. Also holding Ctrl and pressing Home or End takes you to the top or bottom of the page, but I barely use that.

A similarly useful key that I also overlooked is the Delete key. It's like the Backspace key, but it deletes the character in front of your cursor instead of behind it. Just like with Backspace Ctrl+Delete lets you delete a whole word in front of your cursor.

Also Ctrl+A lets you highlight the whole page.

Also even when you're not typing and instead just browsing a web page or something, you still technically have a cursor; if you click a piece of text, then hold Shift and press the arrow keys, you'll start highlighting text.

Practice Exercise: Click on the t in this word, then hold Shift and press left and right on the arrow keys! Now try holding Ctrl+Shift while you press the arrow keys! Hold Shift and press Home or End! Hold Shift and use your mouse to left-click on different spots in the paragraph and see how your selection changes!

[cupcraft]

oh man i forgot microsoft word does the blue and red underline for stuff its like BOO about but i dont feel like editign that post i dont gaf

[signalhill-if]

Signal Hill Word Count - 01/25/2023

With code: 58,875

Without code: 56,030

[christinaroseandrews]

They probably used ProWritingAid for their grammar/spelling check. And providing aid, grammarly, Google docs and a lot of other predictive AI/generative AI use most common as correct rather than using the written rules as correct.

How to Delete your NaNoWriMo Account

NaNo has done dubious things over the years that prompted me to stop using it, but this most recent dubious thing has tilted me from "not using it" to "deleting it." If you're like me, here's what to do:

Log in to your NaNo account

Go to settings

Select "delete account"

Go to the e-mail account associated with your NaNo account, find the e-mail they've sent, and click the "delete account" button in that e-mail

You're done

It's incredibly easy, and I'm hoping that if a lot of us delete - especially people like me, with long-time accounts who have won NaNo repeatedly, who have also supported them monetarily in the past - then perhaps they'll get some kind of message about what a shit idea this LLM stuff is.

They probably won't. But. I'm an optimist.

[learncafe]

Curso online com certificado! Dominando as Ferramentas do Editor de Texto

Este curso abrange desde a introdução básica ao Editor de Texto até recursos avançados de formatação, revisão e automatização de tarefas. Os alunos aprenderão a utilizar as principais funcionalidades do editor, bem como a personalizá-lo e trabalhar de forma colaborativa. Com exercícios práticos em cada módulo, os participantes desenvolverão habilidades essenciais para dominar todas as […]

[unityrain24]

my statistics professor is. requiring us to take notes in MICROSOFT EXCEL?!!?!?

[david-watts]

sometimes I see shit on this site and feel enlightened because damn. reading haslanger might've not been entirely wasteful

[callipraxia]

So, I only recently discovered that you can use Microsoft Word online, and I’m still getting the hang of all the features. Today I discovered that spellcheck has been expanded into an editor feature which considers multiple factors and gives your writing a score. Y’all can probably guess what happened next….

In rough order of composition…my fics, as graded by Microsoft Word Editor.

1. “Be All Our Sins Remembered”: overall score of 86%, a respectable B+. 8 spelling issues (these were down to the words “grunkle” and “gonna”) and sixteen questionable points of grammar (dialogue). 10 issues with conciseness, 35 with formality, and 2 with punctuation conventions. Since I’m refusing to pay for this service, I can’t set the formality level, so it’s not surprising that a word processor would get confused on that point; it also won’t show me what the ten conciseness problems and 2 punctuation conventions are.

2. “The Long Lie”: Ouch, overall score of 74%. If I was in class and Microsoft Word Editor was my teacher, I would definitely cry, but happily, I’m not. 42 spelling issues (the name “Shermie” wrecked me here), 37 grammar points, 1 issue with clarity, 25 problems with conciseness, 96 issues with formality, 1 issue with inclusiveness, and 5 issues with vocabulary. If you take out the 96 formality points the computer isn’t set up to assess properly, though, I suspect the overall score would look rather better.

3. “Everything’s Fine - Pass That Wine?”: 80% overall score. 21 spelling, 24 grammar, 2 clarity, 32 conciseness, 51 formality, 3 vocabulary. Not bad, especially since adding a lot of GF-specific words to its dictionary would pretty much erase the spelling issues.

4. Infinitesimal Variations: because yes, I copy-pasted the whole thing into a document to see what I ended up with. Overall score: 75%. 99+ issues with both grammar and spelling for the previously mentioned reasons. 3 issues with clarity, 99+ issues with formality and conciseness, 3 issues with inclusiveness, 10 issues with punctuation conventions, and 37 issues with vocabulary. Despite Powers mentioning the Patriot Act at least twice, it still had zero issues with “Perspectives” (though I’m only about half-sure what that means) and “Sensitive Geopolitical References.” My guess on the SGRs is that the robot is not very smart and therefore would have needed me to name-check and exactly quote stuff to register on its radar. 177 pages in Word and therefore, I assume, in letter-sized pages.

5. Isoseismal Emanations: overall score, 72%. 99+ spelling, grammar, conciseness, and formality, etc etc. 1 issue with clarity, 5 issues with inclusiveness, 19 issues with punctuation conventions, and 35 objections to my vocabulary. Guess the Cold War was too far back to register as a Sensitive Geopolitical Reference, since I remain faultless in that category and in the category of Perspectives. 275 pages.

6. Interproximal Gradations: Overall score, 73%. 99+ issues in spelling, grammar, conciseness, and formality, of course. 3 issues with clarity, 6 issues with inclusiveness, 23 issues with punctuation conventions, and 52 issues with vocabulary. 362 pages.

7. “The Earth Never Tires”: overall score 79%. 39 gripes each with spelling and grammar, 2 with clarity, 51 with conciseness, 99+ with formality, 1 with inclusiveness, 1 with punctuation conventions, and 21 with vocabulary. 24 pages.

8. “The Player of Games”: whoo-hoo, we have an A! Overall score 96%. 5 spelling gripes, 25 grammar gripes, 2 clarity gripes, 50 formality gripes, 1 problem somewhere with punctuation conventions, and three gripes with vocabulary in 52 pages. Really starting to wish I knew what things it considers vocabulary gripes, though.

9. “Our Beginnings Never Know Our Ends”: overall score 79%. 39 issues spelling, 32 grammar, 1 clarity, 23 conciseness, 70 formality, 1 inclusiveness, 1 punctuation conventions, and 6 vocabulary.

And then, just for fun, I threw the latest edit of The Ford Essay in there, too. It got an overall score of 83%, with only two grammar issues, two vocabulary issues, only ten conciseness issues, and zero clarity issues! Heck, it only registered 8 formality issues, even! 16 pages.

Is any of this data useful or reliable or meaningful in any way? I doubt it (even though, curiously, it basically agrees with my assessments of what the best and worst pieces were), but it was a fun exercise, though I really wish I understood what some of its criteria for different categories were. I would also like very much to see what it would spit out if I could adjust the formality setting and add a bunch of GF words to the dictionary - my guess is that I might escape having Word Editor think of me as a C+/B- kind of writer, and might have a shot at joining the B+ writer club - but alas, still not quite curious enough to pay for it.

[jessepinwheel]

writer survey question time:

inspired by seeing screencaps where the software is offering (terrible) style advice because I haven't used a software that has a grammar checker for my stories in like a decade

if you use multiple applications, pick the one you use most often.

[angry-geese]

hiiii what app do you use to write your fanfics? or do you use a website? i'm kinda looking for a good app where i can start writing my own jjk fic. also i love your choso fanfic, he's my favorite character and you're here making me fall in love with him all over again, thank you btw

Akgskdhdks ty <33 :)

I put this under a cut bc I was rambling and it was getting a little long lolol

I pretty much exclusively use Google docs for writing since it's Infinitely less glitchy and wayyy easier to use than the Tumblr post editor. Typically what I'll do is, once I finish a fic, copy/paste it into a draft on Tumblr and edit the formatting until it looks nice

When I first started out I'd write my fics solely in the Tumblr post editor but that's 1. a little clunky and 2. has the habit of sometimes deleting your entire work even if you don't want it to 🙃 so generally using another site such as Google docs is good for backing up work :) I also post the majority of my work over on AO3 too as like an extra way to back it up. I def recommend AO3 for longer/multi chapter fics bc the way the site is set up makes it wayyy easier to go in and edit a specific chapter instead of trying to keep up with a navigation post on here lolol HOWEVER ao3 does have a bit more of a learning curve when it comes to posting/tagging than Tumblr or at least that's how it was in my case

As far ask desktop vs mobile goes; both work but I typically use desktop to post my writing. I personally always run into an issue with either desktop OR mobile and it'll force me to use one or the other until the post editor is updated again lmao. Currently (at least for me) desktop fights me the least lolol

Also sorry for rambling lolol I got excited to answer this :)

[midnight-mourning]

I'll post the animatic I made for this chapter later tonight, so if you haven't gotten the chance to read the new chapter yet I encourage you to do so!

It's very short and not super spoilery but you will be lost if you don't read first, see you all in a bit :)

Edit: also all fixes to this chapter and the previous will be done today or tomorrow, I've been very sleepy with the past two updates so I apologize, without a beta I am simply relying on my own brain and she has her moments

I said I would, and I did (ignore that I'm 28 minutes late)

I am, so tired, but I am proud, as i think this is the longest chapter so far (for sure this arc at least)

please enjoy, much love, I'm gonna go to bed now, buh bye

[the960writers]

Alternatives to google docs

For various reasons, this is now a hot topic. I'm putting my favorites here, please add more in your reblogs. I'm not pointing to Microsoft Word because I hate it.

Local on your computer:

1.

LibreOffice (https://www.libreoffice.org/), Win, Linux, Mac.

Looks like early 2000 Word, works great, imports and exports all formats. Saves in OpenDocumentFormat. Combine with something like Dropbox for Cloud Backup.

2.

FocusWriter (https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/) Win, Linux.

Super customizable to make it look pretty, all toolbars hide to be as non-distracting as possible. Can make typewriter sounds as you type, and you can set daily wordcount goals. Saves in OpenDocumentFormat. Combine with something like Dropbox for Cloud Backup.

3.

Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview) Win, Mac, iOS

The lovechild of so many writers. Too many things to fiddle with for me, but I'm sure someone else can sing its praises. You can put the database folder into a Dropbox folder for cloud saving (but make sure to always close the program before shutting down).

Web-based:

4.

Reedsy bookeditor (https://reedsy.com/write-a-book) Browser based, works on Firefox on Android. Be aware that they also have a TOS that forbids pornography on publicly shared documents.

My current writing program. Just enough features to be helpful, not so many that I start fiddling. Writing is chapter based, exports to docx, epub, pdf. You can share chapters (for beta reading) with other people registered at Reedsy.

5.

Novelpad (https://novelpad.co/) Browser based.

Looks very promising, there's a youtuber with really informative videos about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHN8TnwjG1g). I wanted to love it, but the editor didn't work on Firefox on my phone. It might now, but I'm reluctant to switch again.

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So, this is my list. Please add more suggestions in reblogs.

[deception-united]

Writing Software I Use & Recommend

Brainstorming:

Campfire: Great for organising your thoughts and making detailed character profiles, customised maps, worldbuilding, plot organisation—amongst other features. You can write your manuscript here and post it; and they have many helpful writing tips on their blog. Here's a general overview (customisable):

Notion: Although not conventionally a writing software, I find it immensely helpful for getting my thoughts sorted out. It's organised and easy to navigate, and the interface is manageable and uncluttered. (Keep in mind it's hard to cowrite on Notion—if you're planning to, I suggest making a separate Gmail account and both logging in with that.)

Microsoft Word, with spellcheck off, in Comic Sans (I saw the font thing somewhere and hate that it works). This is what I use when writing excerpts or spontaneous ideas, and it's actually quite effective, though I couldn't tell you why.

Writing/Editing:

Reedsy: The manuscript editor is organised and lets you set writing goals, split chapters, and jot down notes for later. I highly recommend it for authors looking to self-publish—once you're done, you can format and export your book as an eBook or PDF; and you can connect with various editors and find the one that's right for your novel.

Scrivener: Although, unlike the others I've mentioned so far, this software isn't free, the formatting is great for making an outline, collecting any research and notes, and writing your manuscript.

Feel free to add on any more you know of! Hope this was helpful ❤

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[literaticat]

Jennifer, I'm hearing from creators that some publishers either are or will require authors to disclose if they used AI in any way to write their book. Even brainstorming. Is there any truth to this?

I use AI to help me plot out my stories (I'm Horrible at plotting, honestly) and to help me battle writers block. Not to generate my stories!

will people look down on me for this? I'm definitely not going to lie, but some part of me wonders why it's their business if I'm not using AI to generate text. I feel so conflicted.

Well, yes and no?

Short answer: Just don't use AI to write your book. You will probably have to sign a contract that says you didn't use AI to write your book, and you shouldn't anyway, for lots of reasons. However, using AI tools is not the same thing as AI writing your book, so relax.

Long answer:

There are two (main) ways AI might come up in a contract. One is in the Warranties clause** (which I'll explain in the footnote below), and the other is in an AI clause -- not all publishers have them (yet?) but generally the AI clause has some wording like, neither the publisher or author can sell or license or give permission for the text to be "Scraped" by AI technology -- additionally, something like either the publisher or author may use AI tools in the course of normal business, but nothing in the text was generated by AI, the editor will be human, not AI, etc.

You'll notice here that both the author AND the publisher are held to the same standard -- that's important. And you'll also notice that it acknowledges that AI is a tool that MAY be used in the normal course of business. Zoom, google/gmail, adobe photoshop/acrobat, microsoft outlook/office-- all programs that publishers and authors use every day, any of which might have AI things woven into them. Autocorrect? Spellcheck? Grammarly? The thing on my tumblr RIGHT NOW that is highlighting words I should have capitalized in the sentence above? That's all AI technology. Obviously you don't have to "disclose" that you use normal tools of doing business.

If that includes "give me a list of girls names popular in the 1970s" or "what are some accidents that could happen at a skating rink" or "give me an example of plot beats in a mystery" -- OK. I still consider that a TOOL.

As long as you, a human, understand that generative AI technology uses other people's words to "create" -- so for fiction, OK if you want to brainstorm names or beats or whatever as above, as long as you are NOT USING IT TO WRITE THE BOOK -- YOU MUST WRITE THE STORY AND THE WORDS IN THE STORY.

And for nonfiction, AI makes up answers to questions that SOUND good but are actually just lies -- so PLEASE don't use AI technology to do actual research -- do your due diligence, make sure that any research you do online in any capacity (including Google) is factual, has primary sources to back it up, etc, etc. It's not actually a useful shortcut if all the info it gives you is straight up bad.

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** In all publisher contracts there's a clause called Warranties and Indemnities. In that clause, you are warranting (swearing) that you have not plagiarized your book, that you personally created and own the rights to the book so you have the ability to sell/license them, that you have full permission for anyone else's work that you have quoted in the book, that nothing in the book breaches the law, yadda yadda.

IF ALL OF THAT IS THE TRUTH, and somebody sues you for plagiarism or copyright infringement or whatever, and you really didn't do it, the publisher will defend you and you won't have a problem. If, in fact, you lied in the Warranties section, then the publisher will not defend you and will cancel the contract and you'll be liable for whatever happens and can twist in the wind as far as they are concerned.

Some publishers are adding / have added / will add something in the Warranties clause where you also attest that the text is not generated by AI. (This is for several reasons aside from the fact that AI generated stories are crapola -- 1. AFAIK, AI generated text cannot be copyrighted, and 2. AI generated text may be plagiarized, soooo you'd be in danger of being in breach of your warranty even if it DIDN'T specifically call out AI!)

[hbmmaster]

it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that when people speaking out loud describe microsoft word as a "wizzy wig" editor that's them pronouncing WYSIWYG