Re: RE: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
> I'm having the opposite problem: 1/2 does not auto-convert to ½ as it once > did. How do I get that function to work? that could be set in the replacement table under "tools/autocorrect options" for the language used. > (And no, I haven't redone my profile.) and that seems to be the origin o

Re: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
On Saturday, 11 January 2013 20:24:00, Dale Erwin wrote: > iF I type a fraction, when I tab out of the box, it > seems to change it into a date. For example if I type 1/64 it changes > it to 01/01/64, or 1/32 is changed to 01/01/32. Oddly enough, if I type > 1/16 it changes it to 01/16/13. o

RE: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread Maurice Howe
en't redone my profile.) Cheers, Maurice Howe -Original Message- From: Dale Erwin [mailto:d...@casaerwin.org] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:23 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Auto Format I have been trying for some time now to find how to regulate or change or even di

Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread Dale Erwin
/64, or 1/32 is changed to 01/01/32. Oddly enough, if I type 1/16 it changes it to 01/16/13. If, after this happens, I go to the Edit menu and select "Undo Auto Format" (or something like that), it changes it back to the original fraction, BUT IT PLACES THE CURSOR BACK AND IT IS CHANGE

Re: Disabling auto format

2012-11-16 Thread Dale Erwin
Thanks guys. That was so simple... and logical. You'd never believe I was a software engineer before I retired 12 years ago. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org --

Re: Disabling auto format

2012-11-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Hi the entries in the tool menu changes depending on the document type you have open. When you have no document type selected it shows the four options you described. On 16/11/2012 2:17 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: I have a new computer and have installed a new copy of open office and cannot remember

Re: Disabling auto format

2012-11-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:17 15/11/2012 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote: I have a new computer and have installed a new copy of open office and cannot remember how to disable one of the auto correct features. In particular, I do not want it to automatically change the first letter after a period to an upper case letter.

Disabling auto format

2012-11-15 Thread Dale Erwin
I have a new computer and have installed a new copy of open office and cannot remember how to disable one of the auto correct features. In particular, I do not want it to automatically change the first letter after a period to an upper case letter. In case it matters, I'm on Windows 7 and OOo