31. About Writer's Automatic Correction ToolsBEFORE YOU BEGIN 4Type Text into a Document 25 Format a Table SEE ALSO 32 Use AutoCorrect to Improve Your Typing Many of Writer's tools work in the background to make your writing as accurate and as well formatted as possible. If you've read previous chapters already, you've seen the following two automatic helpers:
Another form of automatic help provided by Writer is the AutoFormat feature you use to format tables. After specifying the number of rows and columns in your table, as 24 Create a Table explains, you can click the AutoFormat button to display a wide range of formats you can choose from to make your table look better than the standard black text on a white background. Writer provides even more automatic correction tools to help ensure your writing is as accurate as possible. Often, Writer fixes problems without you ever being aware of them, thanks to its AutoCorrect feature. As you type, Writer analyzes potential errors and makes corrections or suggested improvements along the way. KEY TERM AutoCorrect The capability of OpenOffice.org programs to analyze what you just typed and replace with a corrected version if needed. If AutoCorrect recognizes a typing mistake, it immediately corrects the mistake. Following are just a few of the mistakes AutoCorrect recognizes and corrects as you type:
If AutoCorrect corrects something that you don't want corrected, press Ctrl+Z and AutoCorrect reverses its action. If you type an entry in the AutoCorrect list that you do not want corrected in the future, such as QBasic , which Writer incorrectly changes to Qbasic , you can add QBasic to Writer's exception list so that Writer does not make that correction in the future. TIP The initial AutoCorrect word list and options are preset, but you can add your own frequently misspelled (or mistyped ) words to the list. You will most certainly want to add your initials to the AutoCorrect table, for example, so that you need only type your initials when you want to enter your full name in a document. |