Issue 61476 - place the "Apply AutoCorrect" ("AutoFormat->While Typing") Option nearer to the AutoCorrect dialogue or vice versa
Summary: place the "Apply AutoCorrect" ("AutoFormat->While Typing") Option nearer to t...
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 87347
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: OOo 3.1
Assignee: requirements
QA Contact: issues@framework
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Keywords: oooqa
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-02-01 13:25 UTC by jamesbaum
Modified: 2008-12-18 15:03 UTC (History)
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Description jamesbaum 2006-02-01 13:25:34 UTC 
I write documents in both Norwegian and English. For this and other reasons 
"Autocorrect" is one of the OOo features I hate the most. It just doesn't work, 
and as a general rule ruins my documents.

There is no easy way to turn off "AutoInCorrect". "Turn off Autocorrect" (or 
"Turn ON autocorrect" should be the first option that meets the user when they 
choose Tools -> Autocorrect. Possibly also with an option for "document only"/
"this user only"/"entire OOo installation".

The same applies to the spellchecker - I couldn't find "Turn off squiggely red 
lines" anywhere...

Version: OOo 2.0 Novell Edition (from Suse 10 distro)

This is a design defect, impossible to choose the correct subcomponent.
Comment 1 lars 2006-02-01 16:43:36 UTC 
to turn off AutoCorrect, choose Menubar->Format->AutoFormat->While Typing

to turn off AutoSpellcheck choose the ABC button with the red wavy underline in 
the toolbar or choose Menubar->Tools->Options->Language Settings->Writing Aids-
>Options->Check Spelling as you type

but you are right, this is not intuitive
Comment 2 lars 2006-02-01 16:44:14 UTC 
to turn off AutoCorrect, choose Menubar->Format->AutoFormat->While Typing

to turn off AutoSpellcheck choose the ABC button with the red wavy underline in 
the toolbar or choose Menubar->Tools->Options->Language Settings->Writing Aids-
>Options->Check Spelling as you type

but you are right, this is not intuitive
Comment 3 jamesbaum 2006-03-17 12:25:39 UTC 
Similar, and equally annoying, problem with OOo Calc:
When I write the text (without quotes) "3.2.2006" it is mangled to "03/02/06". 
THIS IS WRONG for so many reasons! Pressing "undo" doesn't help. Formatting the 
cell as "General" doesn't help. Yelling at the stupid thing doesn't help. 
Turning off everything I can find that looks like Automangle doesn't help.

At the very least "Undo" should reset whatever Automangle messed up. MS Office 
XP's drop-down boxes with "I've mangled your text, here is a list of what you 
may have wanted me to do" would be a LOT better. A big red "stop doing that"-
button would be even better.
Comment 4 lars 2006-03-17 16:14:24 UTC 
for a possible solution to your last problem, see issue 7185
Comment 5 max.odendahl 2008-12-18 15:03:00 UTC 
dup

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 87347 ***
Comment 6 max.odendahl 2008-12-18 15:03:41 UTC 
closing, the fix will most probably appear in m39