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But sometimes we send messages without realizing how embarrassing they are. Most autocorrect errors are funny, like a digital Mad Libs. Tip in a Tip: If you really want to take control of your iPhone, click here for power tips you’ll wish you’d known from Day One.

So why do you have to drive me so crazy? Why do you take the words I intended to type and completely rearrange them? Why must you always turn “Missy” into “Mossy,” or “so” into “do,” or “well” into “we’ll”? Why can’t you just accept the things I type into that tiny keyboard, except when I obviously intended something else? You complete me ­– or, more accurately, you complete my sentences. You see the word “brain” and know I meant “Brian.” You instantly switch letters around, turning nonsense into coherent words.

Oh, autocorrect! Sometimes, you’re so handy. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually.Watch Video: 5 ways to avoid iPhone auto-correct embarrassment Personal Tech invites questions about computer-based technology to. At its Google I/O conference earlier this month, the company revealed a new, optional Smart Compose function for its Gmail service that uses artificial intelligence to suggest complete - and perfectly spelled - sentences as you write new messages. On the left side of the box, select Typing and turn off the button next to “Autocorrect misspelled words.”Īndroid’s auto-correction tools can also be enabled or disabled within the Language & Input settings, but Google recently announced new tools that move beyond basic spelling correction.

Press the Windows and I keys to open the Settings box and click (or tap) on Devices. Windows 10 users can shut down Microsoft’s built-in auto-correction function too. To do that within an open app, go to its Edit menu, to Spelling and Grammar, and select Correct Spelling Automatically a check next to the item means it is enabled, so selecting it disables the feature. You can also disable automatic correction within certain programs without turning it off everywhere.