christianp,
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Today's Microsoft Office annoyance: In Excel, when what you're typing in a cell is a prefix of something in another cell, it likes to autocomplete to save you some time.
I've got a column containing both the string "A" and the string "A B".
Every time I type just "A" and press Enter, it autocompletes to "A B". GRRR!

11011110,
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@christianp Autocomplete-on-enter bites me all the time when I'm searching for stuff. So annoying!

grodin,
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@christianp “People who hate software the most: people who can’t use computers, and people who write software”

Quoted from https://wtf.dev/blog/software-sucks.html

The blog doesn't go so far as to claim all software is broken but I think I would.

taatm,
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@christianp
Microsoft should just stop trying to help. If I type ‘ne’ looking for an app on a locked down corporate computer, and it doesn’t have that app, it offers:
Top Hit: Netflix…

Anyway, back to you. Uncheck
File -> Options -> Advanced-> Enable AutoComplete…

christianp,
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@taatm I'm using Excel on the web, since I don't use windows, and it doesn't have that option

taatm,
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@christianp I’m so sorry. I’m sending thoughts and prayers.

christianp,
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But Office isn't the only software that doesn't work!
I'm going through our Canvas environment, checking our course material for accessibility.
Canvas shows an automatic meter icon next to each file, giving an idea of how "accessible" it is.
It's given the highest rating to a PDF containing a scan of handwritten notes with zero screen-readable text. What is it looking for?!

christianp,
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oh cripes, I made the mistake of clicking on the icon to see what Canvas has to say about the file. It gives the file a 98% rating, but points out it doesn't have a title.

As far as my screen reader is concerned, it doesn't have any content either, but you don't seem bothered by that!

christianp,
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Clearly I'm now in the mood for spotting broken things.
This is from the Blackboard Ally documentation

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