https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67562
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 67562
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: EDITING: Implement acronym management
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: Linux (All)
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Whiteboard: BSA
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.0.3.3 release
Component: Writer
Product: LibreOffice
Hi,
When writing papers, it is usual to use acronyms. Generally, acronyms have to
be expanded on first use, can be expanded as part of a list of acronyms, or
both. It would be terrific if LibreOffice Writer would let users define
acronyms and automagically deal with formatting them, either by expanded the
first occurrence or creating a list of acronyms (much like a table of content
can be automatically generated by LO). The reason this feature would be
valuable is that when working on long documents, keeping track of the acronyms
used and whether its the first time you used them is a tremendous pain.
Apparently, others believe this feature would be useful:
http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/3878/automatic-list-of-acronyms/
Specifically, here is how I propose this could be implemented from an interface
point of view:
1/ User types a word, e.g. "DNA"
2/ User right clicks on the word to access a contextual menu where the acronym
can be defined, e.g. "deoxyribonucleic acid". Note that this contextual menu
should be accessible even if the word is not all upper-case because not all
acronyms are upper-case (e.g. see "amphetamine" acronym on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym). As a bonus, the acronym should probably
be added to the dictionary or simply registered to avoid it being recognized as
a spelling mistake.
3/ From now on, LO should recognize "AMA" as an acronym every time it is typed
(internally, maybe this word should become a dynamic field?).
4/ User types more until document is finished.
5/ At the end, user goes to menu Insert > Indexes and Tables > Acronyms and
decide how to format acronyms: "expand on first use" and/or "table of acronyms"
(alphabetically sorted)
6/ If users decides to move text around in the document, LO should
automatically update it to ensure that any acronym is expanded only the first
time it is encountered.
Here is some sample text (from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA/RNA_non-specific_endonuclease) without
acronym expansion:
"In molecular biology, enzymes in the DNA/RNA non-specific endonuclease family
of bacterial and eukaryotic endonucleases EC 3.1.30.- share the following
characteristics: they act on both DNA and RNA, cleave double-stranded and
single-stranded nucleic acids and require a divalent ion such as magnesium for
their activity"
The same text with list of acronyms:
"List of acronyms:
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA: ribonucleic acid
EC: enzyme commission
In molecular biology, enzymes in the DNA/RNA non-specific endonuclease family
of bacterial and eukaryotic endonucleases EC 3.1.30.- share the following
characteristics: they act on both DNA and RNA, cleave double-stranded and
single-stranded nucleic acids and require a divalent ion such as magnesium for
their activity"
With expansion on first occurrence:
"In molecular biology, enzymes in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)/riboxynucleic
acid (RNA) non-specific endonuclease family of bacterial and eukaryotic
endonucleases enzyme commission (EC) 3.1.30.- share the following
characteristics: they act on both DNA and RNA, cleave double-stranded and
single-stranded nucleic acids and require a divalent ion such as magnesium for
their activity"
With expansion on first occurrence and list of acronyms:
"List of acronyms:
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA: ribonucleic acid
EC: enzyme commission
In molecular biology, enzymes in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)/riboxynucleic
acid (RNA) non-specific endonuclease family of bacterial and eukaryotic
endonucleases enzyme commission (EC) 3.1.30.- share the following
characteristics: they act on both DNA and RNA, cleave double-stranded and
single-stranded nucleic acids and require a divalent ion such as magnesium for
their activity"
Best,
Florent
PS/ Apparently, there is an acronym tool in MS Word 2010:
http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2010/05/20/new-accessibility-tools-in-word-2010-day-7-of-10-mvps-on-office-2010.aspx.
It seems capable of defining acronyms but not of automatically formatting them
within a document.
Operating System: Debian
Version: 4.0.3.3 release
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