Commentary: Never Trust Your Word Processor. Linke, D. 37(6):377.
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In this article, the author talks about the auto correction mode of word processors that leads to a number of problems and describes an example in biochemistry exams that shows how word processors can lead to mistakes in databases and in papers. The author contends that, where this system is applied, spell checking should not be left to a word processor.
@article{linkeCommentaryNeverTrust2009,
  title = {Commentary: Never Trust Your Word Processor},
  author = {Linke, Dirk},
  date = {2009-11},
  journaltitle = {Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education},
  volume = {37},
  pages = {377},
  issn = {1470-8175},
  doi = {10.1002/bmb.20340},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.20340},
  abstract = {In this article, the author talks about the auto correction mode of word processors that leads to a number of problems and describes an example in biochemistry exams that shows how word processors can lead to mistakes in databases and in papers. The author contends that, where this system is applied, spell checking should not be left to a word processor.},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-6372585,data,data-errors,publication-errors,software-errors,word-processor-errors},
  number = {6}
}

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