Dear CAPS lock: I hate you

Onkel Neal · 09-29-09, 09:13 PM

Yes, I cannot type properly but with many years experience and a pwoerful disdain for spelling, I can rip off 30 words per minute...except when I hit that *$@#%!! CAPS lock

Then I look up aND SEE i HAVE TYPED ABOUT 4000 WORDS IN ALL CAPS AND HAVE TO BACK THEM OUT AND START Over.

Yes, if I could kill you, CAPS lock, I would. Slowly. TO THE PAIN. And I bet tHEN i COULD MANAGE 45 WORDS PER MINUTE.

SteamWake · 09-29-09, 09:43 PM

Is it full moon tonight?

Reaves · 09-29-09, 10:03 PM

If you go into dos and type format c: then press Y at the prompt it won't happen again.

Torplexed · 09-29-09, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yes, if I could kill you, CAPS lock, I would. Slowly. TO THE PAIN. And I bet tHEN i COULD MANAGE 45 WORDS PER MINUTE.

i cAN rELATE nEAL.

Fr8monkey · 09-29-09, 11:36 PM

In Microsoft word, all you have to do is highlight the words you want to change and hit Shift + F3. This will convert everything to lower case. Hitting it again will capitalize the first letter of the words. For example…

Text:
“AH CRAP, I JUST REALIZED I’VE BEEN TYPING IN CAPS THIS WHOLE TIME. NOW I GOTTA REDO EVERYTHING!”

Shift + F3 once:
“ah crap, i just realized i’ve been typing in caps this whole time. now i gotta redo everything!”

Shift + F3 twice:
“Ah crap, i just realized i’ve been typing in caps this whole time. Now i gotta redo everything!”

It’ll fix most issues, but you probably will have to go and fix little things like “i’ve” and proper names. It won’t do that itself for god knows why.

If that don't work, this will.

McBeck · 09-30-09, 02:34 AM

Neal...you also have a CAPS LOCK converter build in to the forum. If you type all in CAPS LOCK, the forum will automaticly convert it

BTW...I have before seen you loose your cool. Good to see your human - now go have a beer and curse at it!!

martes86 · 09-30-09, 04:11 AM

I have no problems with caps... I'll just paste the text in my Notepad++, select all, and "uncap" every word. Then, I'd just have to put in caps the initial letter for each sentence. Much easier.

NealT · 09-30-09, 04:59 AM

Neal, you got a long way to go to hit my 80 WPM...with or without caps lock...

Sledgehammer427 · 09-30-09, 05:15 AM

I could type at 80 WPM....

dunno if you would be able to understand me though

I won't try

Jimbuna · 09-30-09, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NealT

Neal, you got a long way to go to hit my 80 WPM...with or without caps lock...

80 WPM!!

I doubt I'd be able to speak that quick

AVGWarhawk · 09-30-09, 07:14 AM

Simply remove the CAPS LOCK KEY

Letum · 09-30-09, 07:35 AM

80 WPM!?

I can only manage 30.

This post therefor took 25.6 seconds.

SteamWake · 09-30-09, 07:52 AM

I figure Im somewhere around 80wpm but not correct

Jimbuna · 09-30-09, 08:40 AM

I should be able to manage 80 WPM but my dyslexic fingers prohibit me

SteamWake · 09-30-09, 08:58 AM

dyslexics untie !

09-29-09, 09:13 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Dear CAPS lock: I hate you Yes, I cannot type properly but with many years experience and a pwoerful disdain for spelling, I can rip off 30 words per minute...except when I hit that $@#%!! CAPS lock Then I look up aND SEE i HAVE TYPED ABOUT 4000 WORDS IN ALL CAPS AND HAVE TO BACK THEM OUT AND START Over. Yes, if I could kill you, CAPS lock, I would. Slowly. TO THE PAIN. And I bet tHEN i COULD MANAGE 45 WORDS PER MINUTE. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web*

09-29-09, 09:43 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Is it full moon tonight? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-29-09, 10:03 PM	#3
Reaves The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,509 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	If you go into dos and type format c: then press Y at the prompt it won't happen again. __________________

09-29-09, 11:36 PM	#5
Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	In Microsoft word, all you have to do is highlight the words you want to change and hit Shift + F3. This will convert everything to lower case. Hitting it again will capitalize the first letter of the words. For example… Text: “AH CRAP, I JUST REALIZED I’VE BEEN TYPING IN CAPS THIS WHOLE TIME. NOW I GOTTA REDO EVERYTHING!” Shift + F3 once: “ah crap, i just realized i’ve been typing in caps this whole time. now i gotta redo everything!” Shift + F3 twice: “Ah crap, i just realized i’ve been typing in caps this whole time. Now i gotta redo everything!” It’ll fix most issues, but you probably will have to go and fix little things like “i’ve” and proper names. It won’t do that itself for god knows why. If that don't work, this will. __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

09-30-09, 02:34 AM	#6
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Neal...you also have a CAPS LOCK converter build in to the forum. If you type all in CAPS LOCK, the forum will automaticly convert it BTW...I have before seen you loose your cool. Good to see your human - now go have a beer and curse at it!! __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

09-30-09, 04:11 AM	#7
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I have no problems with caps... I'll just paste the text in my Notepad++, select all, and "uncap" every word. Then, I'd just have to put in caps the initial letter for each sentence. Much easier.

09-30-09, 04:59 AM	#8
NealT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 2 Meters Below Jimbuna Posts: 1,060 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Neal, you got a long way to go to hit my 80 WPM...with or without caps lock... __________________

09-30-09, 05:15 AM	#9
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	I could type at 80 WPM.... dunno if you would be able to understand me though I won't try __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

09-30-09, 07:14 AM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Simply remove the CAPS LOCK KEY __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

09-30-09, 07:35 AM	#12
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	80 WPM!? I can only manage 30. This post therefor took 25.6 seconds. __________________

09-30-09, 07:52 AM	#13
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I figure Im somewhere around 80wpm but not correct __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-30-09, 08:40 AM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I should be able to manage 80 WPM but my dyslexic fingers prohibit me __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-30-09, 08:58 AM	#15
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	dyslexics untie ! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648