Dang You, Spell-Heck!
By Anita Holmes, High Desert Branch
On deadline, I’ve found myself humbled,
By finding my copy’s been jumbled;
While rapidly typing
(Clicked send), I’m soon griping
Yom, Spell-Heck, heat; ice foxed gar bundled.
Most of us have our own Spell-Heck stories, ranging from the annoying or amusing to the wondering how to enter a witless protection program. What are yours?
Last month in the Inkslinger, my list of Control+Letter shortcuts might’ve caused you to wonder about my home-decorating ideas (as well as why I don’t know how to make
a noun plural):
Control + Q Removes selected paragraph’s for matting. It was supposed to be:
Control + Q Removes selected paragraph’s formatting. Weird what a change in margins between the submission to the Inkslinger setup can do, right?
The solution(s)?
Disable autocomplete. Now. Right now. While Spell-Heck might be flaky on its own, paired with autocomplete, they’re an evil duo.
Proofread whatever you write, at least once.
Depending upon what you’re writing, have someone else read over what you’ve written.
When writing in Word, pay attention to the red and blue squiggles under words and phrases.
Have a sense of humor. I’ve programmed “Spell-Heck” into my dictionary, because…
Spell-Heck.
Plus?
I’m looking out for paragraphs that are suitable for framing. You never know.
“Spell-Heck” first appeared in the September 2021
edition of The Inkslinger,
newsletter of the High Desert Branch..