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Re:Autocorrect errors in Excel still creating genomics headache by an_d_rew on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:32PM (#28211751)
Switch to what?

Excel is everywhere.

People are familiar with it. The same people are often not familiar with, and have never used, and may even be confused by “notepad.exe”.

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Re:Autocorrect errors in Excel still creating genomics headache by ltbarcly3 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:39PM (#28211855)
These aren't someone's 85 year old grandparent getting a computer for the first time to look at pictures of their great grandchildren, these are people who have used a computer every day since they were 14 and have advanced STEM degrees. I think they are probably re-trainable.
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Re:Autocorrect errors in Excel still creating genomics headache by Iwan-Zotow on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:45PM (#28211934)
XXX YYY ZZZ, PhD in genomics, probably re-trainable
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