[ubuntu-za] Libre Office Auto Correct features are destroying me

Hilton Gibson hilton.gibson at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 11:20:22 UTC 2012 

On 30 April 2012 13:16, ubuntupunk at gmail.com <ubuntupunk at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Bruce Pieterse <dev at otq.za.net> wrote:
>
>> On Mon 23 Apr 2012 15:10:10 SAST, ubuntupunk at gmail.com wrote:
>> > Hi Walter
>> >
>> > Thanks, calligrawords was the one I was looking for. :)
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM, William Walter Kinghorn
>> > <williamk at dut.ac.za <mailto:williamk at dut.ac.za>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hi David,
>> >
>> >     "alternative Linux wordprocessors"
>> >
>> >     in Ubuntu
>> >
>> >     Abiword - efficient, featureful word processor with collaboration
>> >
>> >     calligrawords - word processor for the Calligra Office Suite
>> >
>> >     William
>> >     ________________________________________
>> >     From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> >     [ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com>] On Behalf Of
>> >     ubuntupunk at gmail.com <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com>
>> >     [ubuntupunk at gmail.com <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com>]
>> >     Sent: 23 April 2012 14:59
>> >     To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>> >     Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Libre Office Auto Correct features are
>> >     destroying me
>> >
>> >     On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Frank Sokolic
>> >     <sokolic at worldonline.co.za
>> >     <mailto:sokolic at worldonline.co.za><mailto:sokolic at worldonline.co.za<mailto:
>> sokolic at worldonline.co.za>>>
>> >     wrote:
>> >
>> >     When this happens to me I press ctrl-z immediately after I enter
>> >     press at the end a paragraph. This should undo the autoformatting
>> >     of the paragraph. It's not an elegant solution, I know, but at
>> >     least will allow you to keep the paragraphs from being
>> autoformatted.
>> >
>> >     Frank.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     ________________________________
>> >
>> >     From: ubuntupunk at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com><mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com>>
>> >     Sent:2012-04-23 14:18:24
>> >     To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com><mailto:
>> ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>> >     Cc:
>> >     Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Libre Office Auto Correct features are
>> >     destroying me
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Mark Widdicombe
>> >     <markwiddicombe at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:markwiddicombe at gmail.com><mailto:markwiddicombe at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:markwiddicombe at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 23 April 2012 11:34, ubuntupunk at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com><mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com>> <ubuntupunk at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com><mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:ubuntupunk at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> >     Hi all,
>> >
>> >     Sorry to bother with this issue, but the lack of user-friendliness
>> >     in LibreOffice is killing me.
>> >
>> >     Whenever I try to write up a document with numbering like so
>> >
>> >     1.1
>> >
>> >     1.2
>> >
>> >     1.3
>> >
>> >
>> >     LO insists on autoformating the paragraphs incorrectly. There
>> >     appears to be no way of turning off this feature in Tools > Options.
>> >
>> >
>> >     More evidence of the "Dark Side' of Open Source
>> >
>> >     D.
>> >
>> >
>> >     Go to Tools-->Autocorrect Options-->Options, then uncheck 'Apply
>> >     numbering - symbol'
>> >
>> >     Regards,
>> >     Mark
>> >
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>> >
>> >     Autocorrect options is missing. This no more a feature in 3.4.4?
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >     Okay, dark side has been conquered, was looking in Tools >>
>> >     Options, now feature appears under Tools >> Autocorrect Options.
>> >     Is there any way of making this persistent so I don't end up in a
>> >     recursive universe, always going through this problem and having
>> >     somebody point out that the feature is x y z?
>> >
>> >     Also usually happens on a deadline
>> >
>> >     BTW am downloading WP8 and looking for alternative Linux
>> >     wordprocessors.
>> >
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>>
>> Have you tried Shift+Enter?
>>
>> --
>> All the best,
>>
>> Bruce
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>
>
> Sitting here now cursing the absence of an auto-correct off button on an
> Windows XP OOo installation. This really is the bane of my life.
>
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See: http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Turning_Off_AutoCorrect


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