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Why Won't It Let Me...

MallysMama

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Why won't it let me keep "gluten-free" just as I type it? When I go back through and read a post I typed... it always puts it as "gluten-free". It keeps all the other initials.... DH... D... etc. Why not "G.F."? It's a pain to have to type gluten-free all the time...so in my posts I just use the initials. I don't understand why it gets fixed?

Why won't it let me keep "gluten-free" just as I type it? When I go back through and read a post I typed... it always puts it as "gluten-free". It keeps all the other initials.... DH... D... etc. Why not "G.F."? It's a pain to have to type gluten-free all the time...so in my posts I just use the initials. I don't understand why it gets fixed?

GRRR! It did it again... unless I put periods in between the letters it spells out the words. I don't get it!

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Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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Scott has some automatic short-form thing-a-ma-jingy on here where if you just type the initials, it automatically pops in what that stands for. "C.D." is another. Some people have typed C.D. (without the periods) in a post about compact discs, and it automatically comes up Celiac Disease.

Karen

nettiebeads Apprentice
nettiebeads
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Why won't it let me keep "gluten-free" just as I type it? When I go back through and read a post I typed... it always puts it as "gluten-free". It keeps all the other initials.... DH... D... etc. Why not "G.F."? It's a pain to have to type gluten-free all the time...so in my posts I just use the initials. I don't understand why it gets fixed?

GRRR! It did it again... unless I put periods in between the letters it spells out the words. I don't get it!

It's called a macro - computer short cut in other words. So for girl friend it would be Gluten-free or G.F. or something like that. Otherwise it will be read as gluten-free. I used the initials "celiac disease" when posting about my walkman or discman as they now are. posted as celiac disease walkman. Makes for strange posts.

Guest nini
Guest nini
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I think it's very strange and a pain in the butt, I like to use abbreviations too, and same thing D-H- for DEAR HUSBAND NOT dermatitis herpeteformis... I wish he'd turn it off. I understand why because some people don't know the abbreviations, but it's annoying

plantime Contributor
plantime
Posted

I do think it is fun to read the posts where the initials were supposed to mean something else. Quite funny! :lol::D

Guest Robbin
Guest Robbin
Posted

I agree, Dessa--cracks me up!! It sure wakes you up when you read something way off the wall! :)

Scott Adams Grand Master
Scott Adams
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The reason for this is search engines--which do not know what the abbreviations are. Too many people are abbreviating these terms and people who are searching for specifi information on places like Google that could be helped by information found here on this board may not be able to find it if celiac disease and gluten-free do not appear in posts. No mystery or plot--yes, there are drawbacks which I have considered, but the overall value of making this site get properly indexed by search enginges outweighs those concerns, at least in my opinion.

Take care,

Scott

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jerseyangel
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As a person who knew very little about the internet, and even less about Celiac when I literally stumbled onto the board while trying to do a Google search, I think it's a good thing :D

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