On Thursday October 11 2007 12:55 am, Russell Butler wrote: > Kenn Goutal wrote: > > I keep having things added to my autocompletion (?) list > > in any given document, that shouldn't be there. > > For example, in one document, I type: > > sur > > and it autocompletes as > > surveysSurvey > > I understand that at some point I must have (erroneously) > > typed that into the document. But how do I get rid of it? > > > > I've looked under Tools->Options->Language Settings->Writing Aids, > > and under Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org Writer Formatting Aids, > > but haven't found the answer there. > > > > It seems to come and go, so it is not reproducible. > > What usually happens is that I open a completely new document, > > or perhaps open an old document and save it as a new one and continue > > editing, > > and am very surprised when Writer starts autocompleting things > > completely out of context. > > > > One possibile scenario is that I have open one document and then, > > while the first document is still open, open a second document; > > the second document seems to "inherit" the autocompletion (?) list > > from the first. > > > > The Help text for AutoComplete seemed to refer > > only to autocompletion in dialogs. > > That's a relatively easy one, Kenn. > > Go to Tools-Autocorrect-Word Completion and you will see the list of > words you have collected. It is even sensible enough to realise that if > you click on one word, you are likely to still want to delete it if you > select another as well. In other words no need for the old Ctrl-Click to > select multiple words for deletion. > > You will also see a check box on that page which allows you to "When > closing a document save the list for later use in other documents." This > may explain the behaviour you see. > > Unfortunately, if you open the help system, it will also populate the > list with words from the help file, which can be a nuisance. > > HTH > > Russell
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