It would appear that on Feb 1, Joe Smith did say: > On 01/29/2010 05:18 AM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: > > Thanks! I'll try that. I still wish there was an easy toggle to disable all > > forms of auto-conversion/correction/capitalization/substitution/adnauseum > > in one fell swoop. I always want my software to assume that I meant what I > > actually typed, and to please stop trying to second guess me. But now that I > > know where that particular switch is... Like I said thanks! > > There is a shortcut to the setting Brian mentioned: right click in any table > and choose "Number recognition" to toggle the setting. This is a global, > application-level setting, and when it is off, Writer will always take what > you type in a table as literal text, and make no automatic conversions.
First let me say that setting this via Brian's method worked... Then let me say thank you for telling me about the right-click method. Though for assorted reasons (some certainly personal aberrations) I NEVER find mouse based methods easy to remember. And sometimes I find them hard to do. Though I'll admit if I only have to get the pointer to stay somewhere within the entire table while I do a right click, This one wouldn't be functionally difficult to do. But I hates rodents so much that I'm more likely to use Brian's method anyway... > The closest you can get to a "master switch" is Format > AutoCorrect > While > Typing: OFF, but that does not affect the table entry. Hmmnnn I just looked. And from Writer (at least in OO.o v 2.4) I don't have an "Format > AutoCorrect" There is an "Format > AutoFormat" that has an "while typing" option... I just turned it off... And when I look from within calc, I don't find either one of the above... What I usually wind up doing when I install a new linux is "tools > AutoCorrect > options" and deselect everything, one option at a time. But I have to do this in BOTH writer AND calc. Separately... > > > Perhaps the difference is not in the different versions, but simply that > > > the > > > option mentioned above is set differently in your different installations? > > > > Don't think so, because not having tripped over the above option, I never > > (un)set it before. ... > > As you might imagine, there is a great deal of discussion and variant opinions > on what Writer's default configuration should be here. I'm only guessing, but > it could be that your different installations were built to use different > defaults for this feature. I also believe that the default for the OO.org > builds has changed in different versions. Yeah, that sounds likely. > Just a word of advice (not that you asked): the automatic features are very > annoying until you learn how to take advantage of them, at which point they > become quite useful. > > It's worth learning to use them, even though that's a little harder than just > turning them off. That depends on how you think. I type what I mean. Sometimes I mistype but those are usually found by spell check. The fact that some automatic feature thinks I want something else and automatically tries to help me usually has one of two outcomes. A) it changes something and I didn't notice the change and now it no longer says what I dang well meant it to. Or B) I notice the change and become so frustrated with having to find a way to undo the autochange that I forget the rest of what I'd been about to write. (I'm not sure which ticks me off more) Actually I'd like to leave most of those auto-conversion features semi-enabled. That is if <F7> does a spell check, let <ctrl>+<F7> do a scan document for possible conversion targets (now that my mind isn't in the middle of composing) and (just like spell check) ONLY SUGGEST each change with the option to say yes, no, always, and never. And I'd also want an unconvert scan where it offers to change any "ΒΌ" back into "1/4" etc... BUT I ABSOLUTELY NEVER EVER want my software to interrupt me while I'm typing, (and therefore trying to compose my thoughts) to arbitrarily make changes and/or make me decide on the fly if I want to accept it's suggestion(s). It's gotta be the way I'm wired. I prefer to drive a standard transmission because I don't like the durned car trying to second guess when I want it to downshift... Not that I'm always happy with my choicees, But at least I know they WERE my choices... Still, thanks again for the clue about the "auto-format > while typing" option... I just wish it was a global option. -- | ^^^ ^^^ | <o> <o> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | ___ <<[email protected]>> | | <sigh>
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