Re: [libreoffice-users] write frustrations

John R. Sowden wrote:
> Below is why I still use WordStar 5.5 in my office:
>
> I am creating a form (an invoice for my ebay purchases because many
> sellers don't send one).
>
> 1) ebay lower cases their name.  I type 'ebay'.  LO "corrects me to make
> it "Ebay".

(Note that while eBay's logo is all lower case, in text they write it 
with a capital B)

A couple of solutions:

1. Undo immediately after it "corrects" to "Ebay" (menu Edit > Undo, or 
Ctrl+Z or whatever your favourite way of undoing is). It will undo the 
autocorrect, but not whatever you typed to trigger it.

2. If you'd rather disable automatic capitalisation entirely, go to 
Tools > AutoCorrect Options > Options tab and untick the box under [T] 
and next to "Capitalise first letter of every sentence.

While there, you can also disable any others you don't want. The ticks 
under [M] control what happens when you use Format > AutoCorrect > 
Apply, while those under [T] control what happens as you're typing.

I've just noticed that you can also completely disable AutoCorrect at 
Format > AutoCorrect > While Typing (I think someone was asking for this 
a couple of weeks ago...)

> 2) I type seller:.  on the next line I create an underline about 3
> inches long for the name, etc. of the seller.  LO changes my 3"
> underline to all the way across the page.  In addition, it is not a
> character based underline.  I cannot delete it, shorten it, etc.  I
> cannot select it, as if it were an object.  My only solution is to
> delete the file and start again.

Similar to above, you can undo immediately after it happens, or disable 
the option under Tools > AutoCorrect Options > Options > Apply border.

If you already have one of these borders you want to get rid of, place 
the cursor in the paragraph just above and go to Format > Paragraph > 
Borders tab. You'll notice it is set to draw a border below the 
paragraph. Click the left-most icon just under "Line arrangement" to get 
rid of all borders.

Rather than using the underscore character to produce lines to fill in, 
a more controllable way may be to use a tab stop with an underline fill:
- Place the cursor on the line where you want to produce the underline.
- Click on the ruler to place a tab stop by clicking on the ruler (or 
add a new one under Format > Paragraph > Tabs).
- Double-click the tab stop on the ruler (or go to Format > Paragraph > 
Tabs) to set its properties.
- Select the required tab stop in the Position list, and set the "Fill 
character" to the underline.
- Click OK.
- Now position the cursor at the end of the line and press tab. The 
space between the last character and tab stop will be underlined.

That may or may not achieve the effect you want; it's just another idea.

> 3) I have tried in the past to create a outline structure, kinda like
> this doc.  LO kept changing my text in the same way.  I ended up using
> WordStar to get the job done.

I'm not sure know what you're referring to. The mailing list removes 
attachments, so if you attached an example document it won't get 
through. "LO kept changing my text in the same way" sounds like more 
AutoCorrect options, which you can disable as above or undo immediately 
after they happen.

Some people find AutoCorrect useful, some don't. Personally I disable 
most of the options because it gets in the way as much as it helps. 
About the only one I use is "Replace Dashes" which replaces hyphens with 
longer dashes when there's a space each side of the dash - because 
that's one I do find useful.

> I want to integrate LO into our office ops so the employees feel they
> are part of the 21st century, but its issues like this that keep that
> from happening.
>
> Help?
>
> John

Hope that helps.

Mark.

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