On Monday, September 25, 2006 1:02 PM [GMT+1=CET], Richard Detwiler <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote:

<snip>
> I'm using the US English version. I went into Help, searched on
> Autocorrect, and found one of the subtopics was "switching on and
> off". 
> 
> The instructions under this subtopic said, in part, "To turn on or to
> turn off the AutoCorrect feature, in OpenOffice.org Calc choose
> *Tools - Cell Contents - AutoInput*, and in OpenOffice.org Writer
> choose *Format - AutoFormat - While Typing*." So this seems to be
> informative and fairly easy to find.
> 
> I do think there is some unneeded confusion because the terms
> "Autocorrect" and "Autoformat" seem to be used somewhat
> interchangeably. 
<snip>
I think the UK version is the same. On about the third or fourth reading I 
think the text accurately reflects the situation. Prior to that, though, it 
seemed to me that the (Help text) author was confusing autocorrect and 
autoformat and that, therefore, the whole thing was gibberish. Not helped by 
calc using "autoinput" and writer using "autoformat" to control something named 
"autocorrect". However, as Emerson said "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin 
of little minds".

Harold Fuchs
London, England

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