On 4/27/06, Jallan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lobo wrote: > > OpenOffice needs these case change options to be added: > > 1. Sentence Case (the first character of a section capitalized, all > > other characters lower case) > > Tools -> AutoCorrect -> Options provides "Capitalize the first letter of > every sentence." I realize this is not precisely what you are asking for > here, since you use the word "section" rather than "sentence", (I > presume meaning "selection"). Selecting Format -> Lowercase followed by > Format -> Autoformat -> Apply may practically cover most cases. You > could probably set up a macro to do this.
This is one of the most annoying "helpful" functions possible. Far too often I do NOT want the first character capitalized, and having this feature turned on forces multiple keystrokes/mousing to correct, and sometimes it takes multiple tries to force the lowercase because it keeps changing back to uppercase as you type. Having the option to correct capitalization of a selection after the fact is much more useful and efficient. > > > 2. Title Case (the first letter of each word capitalized, all other > > characters lower case) > > This is available as an effect through Format -> Character -> Font > effects -> Effects. Because this is an effect, the actual data itself is > not changed. I don't think this should be an "effect". It should act strictly on the data, and what you see should be what is actually in the text. > > > 3. Toggle Case (individually invert case of each individual character > > in a selected section) > > Not available. I can see this option being useful if you are typing with > Caps Lock on without realizing it. Also, it is perhaps a little easier > to uppercase or lowercase a section of text with one single menu item or > command instead of using two separate commands. > I don't actually need this myself, but I've seen other people asking for it before. It does seem to be related to caps lock (mis)usage. > See issues 1601 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1601 and > 12454 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12454 . > > > I've also noticed a strange capitalization behavior with Writer: > > Instead of actually capitalizing characters, it sometimes uses some > > kind of code that makes the characters display as capitals, but the > > actual characters remain lower case. This is most apparent when a > > completed file is saved as a text-only file, and certain words that > > appear to be all caps in Writer are either all lower case or random > > case in the text file. > > MS Word has this difference also, depending on how you apply uppercasing > and lowercasing. In OOo Writer, if you use Format -> Change Case, the > data itself is changed. If you use Format -> Character... -> Font > Effects -> Effects, then only the appearance is changed, not the > underlying data. Whether casing effects should produce a casing change > in the data itself when saving to text or HTML or any other format that > does not support a casing effect is arguable. Personally, I think it > should. See issue 27346 at > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=27346 > > Jallan > I've never had this happen with Word, but then I don't use "effects" much. This seems to happen most when I'm creating a headline in all caps, and the spell check (as you type) wants to finish a word, but *always* in the opposite case. If I'm typing all caps, it wants to use lower case. If I'm typing in lower case, it wants to use upper case. Now I understand a little better how to prevent or fix it, now that I know about the effects thing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
