Deadman Posted July 18 Report Share Posted July 18 I’m noticing a problem with the Buffy summaries. It looks like words like “Buffy’s” as well as “it’s” now comes out as “Buffy39s” as well as “it39s”. Seems like in the Television category I have at least one that has an apostrophe in the summary and it looks normal. But I have also noticed that several are missing a sentence ending period. Did something happen or can I somehow edit it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxWench Posted July 18 Report Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Deadman said: I’m noticing a problem with the Buffy summaries. It looks like words like “Buffy’s” as well as “it’s” now comes out as “Buffy39s” as well as “it39s”. Seems like in the Television category I have at least one that has an apostrophe in the summary and it looks normal. But I have also noticed that several are missing a sentence ending period. Did something happen or can I somehow edit it? More gremlins. I’ve tried to edit that myself, and even I can’t fix it. Wilde_Guess and Deadman 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 18 Author Report Share Posted July 18 3 minutes ago, BronxWench said: More gremlins. I’ve tried to edit that myself, and even I can’t fix it. There definitely should be some kind of magic spell for this. Maybe because it seems to mostly be happening to me, it’s a personal gremlin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxWench Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 2 hours ago, Deadman said: There definitely should be some kind of magic spell for this. Maybe because it seems to mostly be happening to me, it’s a personal gremlin? I’ve been debating fireballs myself, since it’s happening to everyone. Apostrophes are turned into numbers, punctuation disappears, and boldface text is just not on. I really do wish I was a coder somedays… Deadman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 19 Author Report Share Posted July 19 17 hours ago, BronxWench said: I’ve been debating fireballs myself, since it’s happening to everyone. Apostrophes are turned into numbers, punctuation disappears, and boldface text is just not on. I really do wish I was a coder somedays… Should we be worried that the Gremlins might get into the wires and eats the connections? BronxWench and Wilde_Guess 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowDarkling Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 On 7/19/2024 at 7:22 PM, Deadman said: Should we be worried that the Gremlins might get into the wires and eats the connections? Honestly, I think we’re WAY beyond that point by now… I think they’re in the fucking software… they’re in the fucking closet, trying on our heels, sparkly dresses and our favourite lipstick at this point. BronxWench, Wilde_Guess and Deadman 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 22 Author Report Share Posted July 22 On 7/20/2024 at 7:43 PM, WillowDarkling said: Honestly, I think we’re WAY beyond that point by now… I think they’re in the fucking software… they’re in the fucking closet, trying on our heels, sparkly dresses and our favourite lipstick at this point. Maybe we should conduce some kind of exorcism? BronxWench 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeGlass Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 Anybody happen to have a Word macro for turning bold text into all-caps text (that is actually in all caps, and not just in an all-caps font)? Deadman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenTheConey Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 Whatever it is, it's really gnawing at my obsessive side. >.> It seems that the problem only happens to things that are edited. But whatever is added in the very first instance, seems to work properly. Anyone who wants to have a clean description or tags, be sure to make the first post count. Wilde_Guess, Deadman and BronxWench 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 23 Author Report Share Posted July 23 18 hours ago, GeorgeGlass said: Anybody happen to have a Word macro for turning bold text into all-caps text (that is actually in all caps, and not just in an all-caps font)? I don’t think that there’s a problem with caps words on the site that I’m aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 23 Author Report Share Posted July 23 14 hours ago, WarrenTheConey said: Whatever it is, it's really gnawing at my obsessive side. >.> It seems that the problem only happens to things that are edited. But whatever is added in the very first instance, seems to work properly. Anyone who wants to have a clean description or tags, be sure to make the first post count. Yeah, I tend to make sure I’m writing well. The only place where I need help is the Tags which I like to be accurate between WIP and Complete. Wilde_Guess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilde_Guess Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 Hi, Deadman. 3 hours ago, Deadman said: I don’t think that there’s a problem with caps words on the site that I’m aware of. GeorgeGlass would have no choice but to switch bold to ALL CAPS text. Using an “all-caps font” would see the font stripped and substituted for whatever font is actually used. Capital A is unicode 0041. Lowercase a is unicode 0061. So, the “lower case a that is a capital A in font x” will go back to a lowercase a. Thanks. Deadman and GeorgeGlass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeGlass Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 Right. Since bolding doesn’t show up on AFF, what I’m looking for is a macro that can turn bolded text (which I sometimes use for emphasis) into ALL-CAPS TEXT throughout a document. I’ve written macros that can make lots of other kinds of systematic formatting changes, but changing the case of letters is a bit beyond me. Deadman and Wilde_Guess 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 On 7/23/2024 at 8:18 PM, Wilde_Guess said: Hi, Deadman. GeorgeGlass would have no choice but to switch bold to ALL CAPS text. Using an “all-caps font” would see the font stripped and substituted for whatever font is actually used. Capital A is unicode 0041. Lowercase a is unicode 0061. So, the “lower case a that is a capital A in font x” will go back to a lowercase a. Thanks. Interesting. Didn’t know that you could do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 On 7/23/2024 at 9:37 PM, GeorgeGlass said: Right. Since bolding doesn’t show up on AFF, what I’m looking for is a macro that can turn bolded text (which I sometimes use for emphasis) into ALL-CAPS TEXT throughout a document. I’ve written macros that can make lots of other kinds of systematic formatting changes, but changing the case of letters is a bit beyond me. Do people use a lot of bolded text in AFF stories? I usually only do it at the beginning and end. Often for either an “author’s note” or for “the end”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeGlass Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 On 7/26/2024 at 4:03 PM, Deadman said: Do people use a lot of bolded text in AFF stories? I usually only do it at the beginning and end. Often for either an “author’s note” or for “the end”. Like I said, I sometimes use it for emphasis, mainly when the text is already italicized (eg, because it’s a character’s thoughts). Also, chapter titles. Deadman and Wilde_Guess 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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