In a message dated 2009.04.13 10:22 -0500, Brian Barker wrote:
I am typing the following paragraphs but the third para did not
capitalize itself. What is the matter? When typing fast, how can I
ensure it capitalize itself for the para "this will be".
This is nicholas.
Study OpenOffice.org version 3.
this will be.
A bit of experimentation shows that the problem is not with your third
paragraph but the second: it is the fact that the previous sentence
(albeit in another paragraph) ends with a digit that causes this
behaviour. There are some exceptions to automatic capitalisation:
abbreviations are not supposed to stimulate a capital on the next word.
Is it possible that Writer is seeing "3." as a number and therefore not
necessarily the end of a sentence? I know some people write numbers
with leading points - e.g. ".3" for "0.3" - but I should always write
"3" or "3.0" and not "3.". Nevertheless, perhaps that is the exception
that is being catered for.
That seems an extreme bit of "helpfulness" on OO's part, doesn't it?
OTOH, maybe the take-home lesson is never rely on Auto-anything: algorithms
that seek to be smarter than the user can never succeed. Yet I find, as an
OO neophyte, that it's constantly insisting it knows more than I do about
all manner of things - like turning outline/numbering mode on/off, or even
making its own decisions about when to remove that numbering toolbar (which
unfortunately is necessary in the absence of command-line directives to the
program).
I have spent WAY too much time looking for ways to turn off automagic
behaviors, and continue looking. Can anyone help by starting with this
simple question: How to make the "Bullets & Numbering" toolbar stick? [One
thing I know: "Lock the toolbar" does not make it stick.]
Related question: What is the connection (if any) between
Format | Bullets and Numbering [which includes an Outline tab]
and
Tools | Outline Numbering
?
John <running OO 3.0.1, still hoping it can become a reliable and efficient
successor to WordPerfect>
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