On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 11:31 -0500, Ron Keller wrote: > In Microsoft, it's called autocomplete: it's how something you typed before > is suggested when you type only a portion of it, especially in a spreadsheet > cell and it's completed for you as suggested if you press enter. In > Microsoft, this horrible feature, this work creators, can be turned off for > those who do not find it useful. > > I need to turn this off in Open Office. It frustrates me and creates > problems when I get help I didn't seek! > > How do I turn off this damn feature? I need to enter a single letter code > many times in a spreadsheet cell, but the multiple letter version which was > only entered once in a single cell is suggested every time, and now I'm > struck with needing to press delete on every entry to remove the autocomplete > before I press Enter in the cell! This increases my workload, since the > single letter is needed hundreds of times and I can't get rid of the > autocomplete suggestion without pressing delete before Enter. Infuriating! > > I've turned off all the dictionaries, I've deleted all the autotype words, > I've unchecked every possible box I can find (and this is a waste of my > time). Nothing turns off this horrible feature (at least, if you con't want > it!). > > Thanks, > Ron Keller >
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