Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2491
Not capitalizing a word following an abbreviation
Last modified: 2003-09-08 16:56:16 UTC
Hi Stefan, It would be nice if exceptions could be made to the autocorrection "Capitalize each word of a new sentence", to handle the case when the period occurring before the word is part of an abbreviation, e.g. "e.g." instead of the end of a sentence. Best regards, Simon
Correction: I found it is already implemented: (Tools>autocorrection>exceptions>"abbreviations (no subsequent capital)". However, there appear some peculiarities in its operation. Earlier today, I typed "e.g. walk", which was autocorrected to "e.g. Walk" which I changed back by CTRL+Z. Although I am not completely sure at this point, I seem to remember that when I tried this again, it was again autocorrected, so the exception had not been autoincluded. When I looked in the dialog box Tools>autocorrection>exceptions, the language was "English (UK)" (probably because I have an UK English version of Windows) and nothing was shown in the list of abbreviations. Autoinclude was set enabled, but it did not appear to work. I could add an abbreviation to the list using the dialog box, and then the exception was applied correctly. After changing the language to "English (USA)" I found that there were abbreviations in the list, and that autoinclusion worked. Autoinclusion also remained working after having changed back to "English (UK)". However, new abbreviations appeared in the list with "English USA" instead of the "English (UK)" one. The USA list of abbreviations was applied under the UK language setting. In conclusion: 1) There is some confusion in the distinction between English (UK) and English (USA) where this function is concerned 2) the function and the autoinclusion appear not to work when language is English (UK) on installation and not subsequently changed (not completely sure on this point). Best regards, Simon.
Another correction: I checked by uninstalling OOo, specifying "remove all files", and finding some files left in the installation directory, removing that directory myself, then reinstalling. Point 2 is not the case after all. Autoinclusion works, although the exception is added to the English (US) list instead of the English (UK) list.
Reassigned to Michael.
Yes, indeed, you misunderstood something... When you choose a certaion language in the Autocorrect-dialog, it does not mean that the selected list is used. Which list actually is used by the program is dependent on the language you use in the document (have a look in Format.Character or the Standard-paragraph style).
Closed, because not a bug.
*** Issue 10447 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***