Another Typing Error Microsoft Hides from Me

Quite some time ago I wrote about how Microsoft Office was making me dumber because it was autocorrecting words for me, which was slowly degrading my typing skills as I wasn't seeing any of the mistakes that I was making. I found another example yesterday.

As I was typing a required No Child Left Behind technology plan (and amazingly, doing so is even LESS enjoyable than you're imagining) I noticed that every time I intended to type the word "does" I instead typed the word "dose," which the computer left alone at first, as "dose" is a real word. Once I added a little more to the sentence, though, and the computer was able to put what I was typing into context, it would change "dose" to the correct "does."

And again, this irritated me as I never would have known I was making the mistake if I hadn't been looking at the screen while I was typing, which I rarely ever do and which isn't really the textbook way of typing. On the other hand, I was pretty amazed at Microsoft Office's ability to correct that error, because it meant that it had to analyze more than just a word or two.

Maybe eventually Microsoft Office will just write the darned NCLB report for me, and I wouldn't even have to worry about the whole typing thing.

Then MS Office would be worth its $500 street price!