UGH! Typos

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  1. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    I was just uploading some pocket style layouts to Shutterfly to print in a book and decided to proof read some of them. I have typos on 3/4 of the pages!! And I really try to be careful when I type!

    Are you plagued by typos? Do you proofread your pages before printing? Do you want people to tell you if they spot a mistake? What's your strategy for defeating (or living with) typos?
     
  2. BevG

    BevG If I can't remember it, it didn't happen

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    We were just chatting about this over in the misspelling post. I try, I really do, but....

    I have printed pages with the wrong words (i.e. thing instead of think), misspelled words, left out words, etc. Or the time I used a template and left the "Your memories go here. Your memories go here...." text on the layout. I did not notice it until it was printed. Since I scrap on a laptop, it is easy to overlook something. So often I blow it up to 100% and look at every inch of the page before saving it.
     
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  3. BevG

    BevG If I can't remember it, it didn't happen

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    And yes, if I post in the gallery and there is a typo, please tell me. Just be nice about it. :heartslub
     
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  4. tkradtke

    tkradtke Professional Brainstormer

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    I never see typos until I've posted the layout for some reason. I think as long as it's in progress, I'm skimming it and seeing it how I meant it to be. It's not until I post it that I read it through other people's eyes. I still don't catch them all even then. I can't help it, but they make me mad when I first find them in my printed books. I had one book I couldn't even look at... I put it back in the package and set it aside for a while. But, it's not long before I'm over it and can let the joy of having a printed book outweigh the annoyance of the typos.
     
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  5. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    LOL. That's funny although I'm sure it was aggravating to you!
     
  6. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    Yes, I can spot them if I go back later too. For me, I think it's more that I always do the journaling last and at that point, I'm rushing to finish the page!
     
  7. BevG

    BevG If I can't remember it, it didn't happen

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    @dawnmarch - yeah, I just pretended it was one of those artsy text. It was a light grey on a white background.
     
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  8. tkradtke

    tkradtke Professional Brainstormer

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    Yeah... there's that too. I always put it off until the very last thing... so like you, I rush through it so I can call it done!
     
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  9. HeatherB

    HeatherB Ain't nothin wrong with a few dust bunnies!

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    I had to giggle at this...I just had a 12x12 photobook printed and one of my layouts had a huge "Title"/"Subtitle" strip on the layout. I had printed a "print"-ready version of the page too soon, before I had added my title and subtitle, and never noticed until I got the book back from the printers. My kids thought it was hilarious!

    And my kids have a lot of fun finding my typos in the journaling. Oh well, at least they are reading!
     
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  10. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    Haha! True!
     
  11. jk703

    jk703 CEO of Anything and Everything, Everywhere

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    All.The.Time.... and 90% of the time, they stay, lol! I'm too lazy. Sometimes, I will notice when I upload and then go fix... but half the time, people will get the gist of the story.

    Oh.... and when you use a template and leave the "Date Goes Here" really adds to my layouts! :giggle Been there, done that, and printed it! HAHA!
     
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  12. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    Yep, I've done all of the above! Usually if I catch it while I'm still uploading or shortly after, I will fix it. But if it's later, I just leave it. I don't mind if people point it out to me and sometimes that's the only way I even notice.
     
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  13. Chippi

    Chippi Those chicken nuggets are just waiting to attack

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    Oh yes. My big one is putting the wrong year on my pages. I had one during MOC of the two kids that was dated before Bellamy was born. It wasn't until I uploaded it to facebook and Mum saw it that I went... OH! Haha!!

    I am a "Yes, Please Tell Me" kind of person, so if you see a mistake let me know, I don't mind at all!
    Actually, one of my pages recently has a tricky font and the 9 looks like an 8, which is confusing when it is an important date, lol, even my mum commented that I had written the wrong date! I went back and changed the font on the layout for that one, haha!
     
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  14. cfile

    cfile My bags are packed for Platform 9 3/4

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    Do you use Photo Shop? If so they do have a spell check .. it is under Edit. Until I found the spell check I had the same issue as you... It made me crazy.. If you catch before printing you may want to fix. Before saving just run spell check :)
     
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  15. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    this. i didn't realize it was even in there until recently. and now i am so used to not having it (or better - thinking i didn't have it) that it is not a normal part of my workflow. i did use it yesterday on a LO (and was proud of myself for remembering) - trying to be better at using spell check.
    but i always seem to have a lot of typos too. i usually just leave them on my uploads.
     
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  16. cfile

    cfile My bags are packed for Platform 9 3/4

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    @Jenn - Jenn- I too forget sometimes to run the spell check, but recently I have found I do it more since I have issues when I type even in the message boards so I am more aware now :) I don't know if it is because of my nails, the lap top, my age.. LOL any excuse except I spelled it wrong! LOL

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    Oh, and I was extremely grateful last week when a dear person PMd me to tell me I needed to correct the comment on someone's page... I wrote crap instead of SCRAP and I am so grateful that I was alerted via PM of my spelling mistake. I laughed as did she and I was hoping I /we were able to catch it before the person who's page it was saw my comment.
     
  17. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    lol ... that is hilarious. i know most of my typos in message boards are due to my too fast typing ... i need to slow down. and then mix the fast typing and maybe transposing two letters ... with the computer spell checker and IT IS a recipe for disaster. (i told this story before - but i told Jenn her "striped" paper was a STUPID paper in a gallery comment once.)
     
  18. cfile

    cfile My bags are packed for Platform 9 3/4

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    Jenn -I remember that .. stupid is better than Crap though.. LOL :)
     
  19. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    Genius! I guess I vaguely knew they had spell check but don't use it. I will now!
     
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  20. dawnmarch

    dawnmarch Actually, no. You are not funny!

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    :hehe
     
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