Someone on a list other than LibreOffice pointed out that the initial settings in AutoCorrect are set with the following formatting feature-default of, when you type: _CausesTextToBeUnderlined_ /CausesTextToBeItalicized/ *CausesTextToBeBold -CausesTextToBeStruckThrough-
As I would see this more of a formatting "feature" and not of a formatting "correction", I wonder if the initial user-default with these switched ON makes sense. To me, such a "feature" would be best rationalized as a feature one would offer to a user wishing to use keyboard alternatives to the conventional Ctrl-B, Ctrl-U etc switches. I wonder if, from a regular user point of view, it would make better sense to have the initial settings in "Tools-->AutoCorrect-->AutoCorrect Options-->Options" set with these switches OFF (default). This would then mean that, should a user start typing a URL such as /home/test, that user would not continually have to battle to rid him/herself of the "home" being formatted into an italics "home" and not being allowed to complete the URL without being formatting before typing the complete line as is. I would argue, that, setting the switches to the OFF position as the LibreOffice default, would return a format that one would expect when typing any stings such as /home/test etc. Having these switches turned ON as the LibreOffice default, from the point of view of a regular-user wishing to adopt the LibreOffice suite, returns a behaviour that is NOT expected, and, raises the level of frustration a little more as to deciding whether to adopt the suite or expecting to trouble-shoot an issue where the result goes contrary to what one would expect. I wonder if we could re-consider the ON-default and leave these switches to the OFF position? This would then give a better result of, where more-advanced-users, wishing to adopt the LibreOffice suite, and, wanting to expand formatting switches, being pleasantly surprised that these switches exist (a positive reaction), rather than what we presently have, where, a regular-user wishing to adopt the LibreOffice suite, experiencing the unpleasant auto-correction switches formatting text in a way that is not expected (a negative reaction) and making that user doubt his/her choice of LIbreOffice adoption. Leaving new-LibreOffice adopters with a good impression, with very few, if any, complaints would seem to be a good goal; making the initial default to the OFF position, in my opinion, a good change. Marc -- Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com https://www.parEntreprise.com parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF) parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org _______________________________________________ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
