At 18:36 23/08/2008 -0600, Phil Morgan-Ellis wrote:
Excuse me for the exasperation...
I trust you will soon be spared this.
... but I really HATE having a piece of software telling me how to think.
There are settings to control these things, but it is sometimes
difficult to find them.
I'm using the OO Spreadsheet ...
Something like:
a a a e E E E7 A
However because the first time an "a" chord is used it's minor the
auto correct feature insists that ALL "a" cords must be minor (what
lunacy!). The result is:
a a a e e e e7 a
Interestingly, this behaviour is not propagated across the row (as
you perhaps think) but within columns. So yes: if there is already a
lower case "e" entry in column 5, then your capital "E" will indeed
be "corrected" to "e".
I've NEVER been able to turn this off, in spite of the help instructions.
This is called AutoInput, and you control it at Tools | Cell
Contents > | AutoInput. Remove the tick.
Similarly I have a budget spreadsheet using OO. I have a column for
my Health Savings Account (HSA). Of course the spreadsheet makes me
use "HAS".
May *I* be permitted to decide what information goes in the cells....please?
Yes: easily. This is caused by a different "correction" facility,
AutoCorrect. You have two options:
o To remove such "corrections" generally, go to Tools |
AutoCorrect... | Options and remove the tick from "Use replacement table".
o To keep such "corrections" generally but remove the "correction"
"HSA" -> "has", go to Tools | AutoCorrect... | Replace, scroll down
to and select the entry for "hsa", and press Delete.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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