Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Tom Davies wrote:

> Hi :) Brilliant!!  Ctrl z is much easier than faffing around 
> deleting spaces.  Alex i found the same as you except if i typed a 
> space after the close brackets and maybe some more text and then 
> went back to delete the space-before-the-close-brackets. 

I don't speak British so maybe I misunderstand but you don't consider 
doing a close-bracket+type-more-text+backspace mambo 'faffing around'? 
I'll have to look up the word!

> So, now we are finding tons of ways to avoid it but i think Barry's 
> is the best yet.  I tend to have a little finger hoovering over the 
> "a" key that can easily reach the Ctrl key which moves my 3rd-finger 
> quite near the Z.  So, it all works really easily if you keep your 
> fingers roughly in touch-typing position.  Plus it means you don't 
> have to switch off any of the auto-correction stuff which can be 
> pretty handy. 

won't re-ignite the discussion about turning this off altogether but 
will only note that I do a

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
...

type list much more than I type a copyright symbol which I have had 
few, very few, occasions to use.

but I always (from now on) say, faff and let faff.

F.

> > ________________________________
> > From: Barry Say <barry12@nspipes.co.uk>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 14:11
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites
> >
> > Try this folks:
> >
> > 1. Type (
> > 2. Type C
> > 3. Type )
> > 4. Type space
> > 5. Previous three characters become a copyright sign automatically
> > 6. Type ctrl-z and step 5 is undone
> > 7. Type ctrl-z and the space is deleted.
> >
> >
> > This seems to be general behaviour throughout LO.
> > Automatic changes are treated as a virtual keystroke and can be undone.
> >
> > Has anyone else had similar experience?
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > PS I've just done it again to check. - B
> >
> >
> > On 12/12/2012 02:06 PM, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> > > Le 12/12/12 15:01, Tom Davies a écrit :
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > I have to leave a space either after the opening bracket, or before the
> > > closing bracket, in order for (c) not to be converted into the copyright
> > > symbol. If I enter a space, close the bracket and then delete the space,
> > > then leave that and start typing the next word, it automatically
> > > converts that sequence back into the copyright symbol.
> > >
> > > > From reading the French mailing lists, it might be something you can
> > > turn off in the autocorrect dialogues.
> > >
> > > Alex
> >
> >
> >
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