Comments on: The Lazy Writer: Long character names made easy http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/19/the-lazy-writer-long-character-names-made-easy/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:03:47 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: John Livingston http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/19/the-lazy-writer-long-character-names-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-611 John Livingston Fri, 29 May 2009 21:02:42 +0000 http://salvatorefalco.com/?p=241#comment-611 I only comment because I love to contradict. Here's an alternative to your Word 2007 steps: > ALT F I P ALT+A (that is press and release the 'Alt' key, the 'F' key, the 'I' key, and then the 'P' key followed by the combined 'Alt' and 'A' keys.) > Type your abbreviation press tab and type your replacement. > Press enter twice (once to add the new replacement and once to close the dialog) > Press the Escape key to close the Word Options dialog. No need to touch the mouse and is much more efficient (as in less energy expending) for those that are truly "Lazy Writers". I only comment because I love to contradict. Here’s an alternative to your Word 2007 steps:
> ALT F I P ALT+A (that is press and release the ‘Alt’ key, the ‘F’ key, the ‘I’ key, and then the ‘P’ key followed by the combined ‘Alt’ and ‘A’ keys.)
> Type your abbreviation press tab and type your replacement.
> Press enter twice (once to add the new replacement and once to close the dialog)
> Press the Escape key to close the Word Options dialog.
No need to touch the mouse and is much more efficient (as in less energy expending) for those that are truly “Lazy Writers”.

]]> By: Terry Odell http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/19/the-lazy-writer-long-character-names-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Terry Odell Tue, 26 May 2009 17:11:47 +0000 http://salvatorefalco.com/?p=241#comment-610 I did this for my common typing errors when typing a character name. For some reason, I typed Chris as Chirs half the time. Caveat: don't use anything that might be a real word or you'll get all sorts of fun replacements. Also -- not sure about the newer versions, but the auto-correct feature worked cross programs in office. I learned this the hard way when I was trying to do database entries and my auto correct for Schaeffer in WORD (I kept forgetting how I'd decided to spell it, and often left out the 'c') hijacked any legitimate variations such as street name, or other people's name spelling when I was trying to do data entry in ACCESS. I think there's a fix, or maybe it doesn't do that anymore. But it was one of those shortcuts that backfired at the time. I did this for my common typing errors when typing a character name. For some reason, I typed Chris as Chirs half the time.

Caveat: don’t use anything that might be a real word or you’ll get all sorts of fun replacements.

Also — not sure about the newer versions, but the auto-correct feature worked cross programs in office. I learned this the hard way when I was trying to do database entries and my auto correct for Schaeffer in WORD (I kept forgetting how I’d decided to spell it, and often left out the ‘c’) hijacked any legitimate variations such as street name, or other people’s name spelling when I was trying to do data entry in ACCESS.

I think there’s a fix, or maybe it doesn’t do that anymore. But it was one of those shortcuts that backfired at the time.

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