On Thursday 27 April 2006 23:21, Lobo wrote: > 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.
I agree. I always turn this off. > > > > 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. I disagree. Having it as an effect is invaluable when combining and splitting documents, when it is easy to promote and demote titles by simply changing the style. Permanently changing the data is a different function. Perhaps it should be under the Edit menu rather than Format or effects. > > > > 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. As this is a change to the data, I think it needs to be in a different place from format or effects, eg. under the Edit menu. > > > 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] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
