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From: Jay Freedman on 6 Jun 2010 12:19
Yes, like "surely web forums are the support medium of the future".
*Somebody* at Microsoft believes it, and therefore it will happen.
Apparently nothing is too absurd or too annoying to be ruled out.

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:13:31 +0200, "Stefan Blom"
<StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>"Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
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>> But surely SMS text language is the language of the future? ;)
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>> "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:e0eb974a-f94d-4f55-9853-305090ef4c81(a)m21g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
>> Garrison Keillor has (very, very rarely) a slow-talker character whose
>> hearers try to finish his sentences for him -- and he always goes on
>> to finish them in a slightly or very different way.
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>> I can see a "predictive text" feature outside the very limited realm
>> of txting as getting very annoying very quickly.
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2:34 pm, Jay Freedman <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>>> I think what Daniel is suggesting is the kind of "predictive text"
>>> that's common on cell phones. Word does not have that feature,
>>> although it has been requested before.
>>>
>>> There are several differences between predictive text and AutoCorrect.
>>> For example, predictive text works from a built-in dictionary that
>>> includes usage frequency data, and continues to suggest different
>>> words as you add more letters to the text on the screen. AutoCorrect
>>> starts with a limited vocabulary and lets you add more entries,
>>> including "nonsense" aliases for extended text and/or graphics; and it
>>> inserts its value in the document only when you type a space or
>>> punctuation to indicate that you've completed your "word".
>>>
>>> Frankly, I'm surprised that Word 2010 doesn't have some kind of
>>> predictive typing feature, and I think it would be a great one for
>>> Office 15.
>>>
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>>> On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:55 +0200, "Stefan Blom"
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>>>
>>> <StefanB...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> >If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to
>>> >how
>>> >your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address
>>> >field),
>>> >then no, Word doesn't support that.
>>>
>>> >What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a
>>> >particular combination of characters with another combination of characters.
>>> >For
>>> >example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation."
>>>
>>> >Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a
>>> >"formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more
>>> >paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth.
>>>
>>> >--
>>> >Stefan Blom
>>> >Microsoft Word MVP
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>>> >"Daniel" <Dan...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> >news:73FE2049-E422-4B5E-85A0-C5226D65C2A6(a)microsoft.com...
>>> >> One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest /
>>> >> auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program
>>> >> will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the
>>> >> choice
>>> >> accepted.
>>>
>>> >> Can Word do this too?-
>>
>>
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