Go to 'Tools-AutoCorrect-Word Completion' where you should find the options you're looking for. This is the case for OOo 2.0.1. Hopefully OOo1 should be the same or similar if that's what you're using.
On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 09:11 -0500, I. Khider wrote: > Hello! > > How do I deactivate the predictive text feature on the word proccessor? I > think it is annoying, you know when you begin to type a word and the program > attempts to intuit what you are writing? > > Also, I find the movement of pages jarring instead of a smooth flow. I > suppose that is a design feature? > > Otherwise it is a pretty good program. > > Please advise and thanks! > > I. > > > On 2/13/06, Russell Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 12:50 +1100, Russell Butler wrote: > > > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >> > > >>>On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 11:06 +0200, Samuel Murray wrote: > > >>> > > > > > > > > > [snipped] > > > > > > > > >>Have a look at http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=52103 > > >> > > >>This gives some ideas on installing a custom dictionary. The "collected' > > >>dictionaries or the ones added by the Dictionary import macro have a > > >>maximum size (as I recall) of 2500 words, which is much too small for > > >>you. Let me know if you need any further enlightenment on the method in > > >>the bug report. > > > > > > > > > Have either of you tried the method outlined in > > > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/word_processing/Howto_import_user_dictionaries.pdf? > > > I had forgotten it exists. I have over 5000 entries in one of my word > > > lists and it seems to work. I think the limit does exist in the built-in > > > word lists such as soffice and standard. > > > > > > Hi GRS > > > > Yes, that is the method I have used. Sorry I have not been as diligent > > as I should have been in checking the documentation. > > > > The only problem is that in the 1.9.x - 2.0. series implementations it > > has lost the ability to recognise initial capitals or plurals, so that > > if you use a word in the dictionary at the beginning of a sentence it > > will show as an error, and plural forms have to be added separately (as > > mentioned in my bug report as a regression from the 1.1.x series). > > > > Regards > > > > > > Russell > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > www.ikhider.com > www.fathomproductions.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
