Olly Othalian wrote: > Hi there > > I was typing out a assignment for my university course and repeatedly having > to refer to notes on spelling new words which I had already type out in > other paragraphs above. > > I then had a brain wave, why can't OpenOffice "look" at what has aready been > typed within the currentdocument and offer those words up as suggestions > along with those in the pre-emptive dictionary. > > OpenOffice would not have to offer up all the "regular" words like: it, > this, and, they, small, etc; it would "look" for unusual and less common > words. All these words could, at the end of the document, be added to the > pre-emptive dictionary. > > If this is adopted then it would be something that Microsoft Word currently > does not possess and save everyone wasting valuable time checking spellings.
Sorry, but that's exactly what OOo *does*. Please look into "Tools - Autocorrect - Word Completion". Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
