I find it annoying when apps such as GMail chat convert stars to bold. I haven't noticed it in Word, but that's probably because I only use Word for formal writing, whereas I use GMail chat for, well, chat.
A related phenomenon is when they convert a smiley like :) to an upright smiley face image, sometimes coloured yellow. To me they mean different things - the text emoticon can mean "My last comment was tongue-in-cheek" whereas the bright yellow face seems to mean "I'm happy!" It can look out of place next to a tongue-in-cheek but not particularly happy comment.
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Date: 2008-02-22 12:38 pm (UTC)A related phenomenon is when they convert a smiley like :) to an upright smiley face image, sometimes coloured yellow. To me they mean different things - the text emoticon can mean "My last comment was tongue-in-cheek" whereas the bright yellow face seems to mean "I'm happy!" It can look out of place next to a tongue-in-cheek but not particularly happy comment.