On 06/23/2015 02:50 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
2015-06-22 22:20 GMT+02:00 Jos Smeets <jossmeets.jossme...@gmail.com>:
I've recently found myself needing to a more advance text processor
then notepad, so I've turn to your open office writer. However I find
myself unable to use for one main reason. The auto correct function. I
can't seem to fully turn it off. I've gone to "extra -> options for
auto correct", and turned ever option off. I've looked through every
setting I could find to find more things to turn off, but it keeps
changing things. I found a remark online suggesting the "makeup/layout
-> autocorrect -> during input" option would turn it on and off, but
it doesn't matter if it's checked or unchecked it keeps meddling with
what I type. This mainly manifests itself in trying to remove 0's in
numbers, dates and trying to make summeries wen I don't want it or
modifying the ones I make myself.
Could you please tell him how to turn every possible, every last,
every single one function of the auto correct off. Forever.
What is the point of using writer for it's more advanced layout
options, wen I don't have full control over it? I want to be able to
type and do whatever I want. Type in any number, any word or sentence
even bash my head randomly on the keyboard without the program trying
to dictate its idea of writing and layout to me. The only option that
is useful is having the program underline spelling mistakes and
correcting them when I ask for it and that part works fine. The rest
is down right terrible and prevents me from properly using the
program.
(I have might have gotten some of the menu terms a bit wrong as I've
translated from a Dutch version of the program.)
I'd appreciate a quick, detailed and useful response.
Doesn't seem like Writer is the right tool for you. Maybe try Emacs…?
That's a smart-ass answer for sure! Jos Smeets needs a user-friendly
word processor, not Emacs! (I also got tired of having the text-processing
software decide what my output should look like.)He didn't mention whether
he's using Windows or Linux. If Windows, then WordPerfect is user-friendly
and obtainable for a reasonable price. Both Windows and Linux can use TextMaker,
which is part of SoftMaker Office, also not very expensive. Neither one is free,
altho S/MO has a freebie which has not had very good reviews. The paid
version is very nice, and I use it all the time, in Linux. (There is a
separate version of SoftMaker for Windows and for Linux.) In all cases, the
lower-cost versions are for home, not business use.
NB: There will be a new version of SoftMaker Office for Linux in the near
future.
The new version for Windows is available now.
--doug
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