nsane.forums Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Microsoft are responsible for first introducing AutoCorrect, after the technology was first incorporated into Word 6.0 back in 1993 to automatically adjust common spelling errors in word processing.Here's a fun fact for this week: Microsoft are responsible for one of the most useful features of modern word processors and touchscreen keyboards.Microsoft Word 6.0 first included a feature called AutoCorrect, boasting that it could "easily correct capital letters" and even "correct your common misspellings" if you choose to customize the software to your liking. You'll never type "teh" again as Word 6.0 would automatically correct the typo.This was way back in 1993, a long time before devices such as the iPhone started penetrating the market, requiring autocorrect to combat some of the issues associated with using a touchscreen keyboard. Word 6.0's implementation of the technology was a bit more primitive and less aggressive than what you'll find now, but it was just the first iteration of the helpful tool.So just remember when you're sending a text to one of your mates that Microsoft first thought of the idea.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylemessiah Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Just waiting for an Apple fanboy to turn up and protest that Steve Jobs, apart from inventing the universe and everything in it, also invented autocorrect..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 hail to king of software MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Yeah, well how come they havent been able to make their spell check as good as a google search in the past 20 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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