On Sunday 17 April 2005 06:13, 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.
Hi, This already exists, and it is one of my favorite functions in OOo. Just click tools > AutoCorrect/AutoFormat and then click on the tab that says, "Word Completion" and then left mouse click in the box that says enable word completion. You are all set! > > 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. > > Regards > > Othalian > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >---- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
