On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:40:44 +0100 Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > See: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5777 > > Hagar > > > Le 18/01/2013 21:33, Megan Pedone a écrit : > > > > > I don't think it's a bug, and I don't want to subscribe to anything to > > report it, but it's incredibly frustrating that the only way I could use > > "i.e." in my document was to cut and paste it from a different > > word-processing program. No matter what I tried in the auto-correct, it > > insisted on capitalizing the initial "i." And "i.e." was even in the list > > of abbreviations! > > > > Gaaah! > > > > Thanks much, > > Demian > > An alternate way is /Format /Autocorrect Options : Replace tab. Enter I.e.in the Replace box and .i.e. in the With box. Then your typed .i.e. will be changed (as you say) to I.e. and automagically changed back to i.e. Also, any I.e. you may mistakenly type will be corrected. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>
