Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 35338
disable auto-capitalisation in Impress
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:11:31 UTC
So - I believe this really bites the ergonomics in impress - if you want your bulleted point to begin with a lower case letter. Similarly, I think editing cells in calc - it was (extremely difficult) to get a cell with a lower-case letter to start with this turned on: diff -u -r1.99 Common.xcs --- officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs 8 Sep 2004 16:01:25 -0000 1.99 +++ officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs 11 Oct 2004 20:05:22 -0000 @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ <desc>Specifies if the letter at the beginning of a sentence should be capitalized automatically.</desc> <label>Capitalize first letter of every sentence</label> </info> - <value>true</value> + <value>false</value> </prop> <prop oor:name="ChangeUnderlineWeight" oor:type="xs:boolean"> <!-- OldPath: AutoCorrect/Options/All -->
I too find this frustrating. It would be nice, if one purposely replaces the first character of a cell with a lower case that it NOT autocapitalize.
target OfficeLater
Any chance to re-consider it for 2.x, please?
This is clearly a patch bug; changing type back.
This issue is confusing. The submitter talks about Impress. The first comment talked about Calc. Moreover I think that the configuration setting will change this for Writer also. This is something we must check first. I'm not sure if this is what we want to have in Writer.
change scope of this task to Impress/only (and will create a new for Calc)
change subject
LH: Please try; start with comp. analysis; if easy we will do this for 2.3, else 2.4
Competitive Analysis MS Powerpoint has the same default behavior as OOo Impress: - Text and bullet points are capitalized after pressing space or return key - Focus loss to other objects does not cause a capitalization - Auto-capitalization can be undone. - Auto-capitalization can be switched off -- MS: Tools>AutoCorrect Options>Capitalize first letter of sentences -- OOo: Tools>AutoCorrect>Options>Capitalize first letter of every sentence Therefore I so no valid requirement to change OOo's behavior.
Hi Michael, do you agree? Then this issue can be closed. Matthias
> MS Powerpoint has the same default behavior as OOo Impress: Well - I guess something changed in the text interaction to avoid the most irritating parts of the auto-capitalization in Impress. However it's not as good as MSO: they remember that an auto-correct was a failure - and never repeat it for a given word :-) [ what you want ], whereas OO.o will repeatedly try to re-apply that given a triggering edit. OTOH - it's entirely likely that I just forgot the interaction that is triggering the auto-capitalization irritation in impress. So - lets change the title to 'calc' - there the effects are acutely obvious & irritating: The user scenario: "User wishes to enter 'hello' in cell A1" Excel: user types 'hello' -> fine. Calc: user types 'hello' -> "Hello" - editing in the text entry has *no* effect, user gets incredibly frustrated. [ but wait, yes - if they happen to know to prepend the string with "'" then all is well ;-) - though that in itself is perhaps inconsistent ]. > Hi Michael, do you agree? Then this issue can be closed. Re-opening. Unfortunately, it's not possible to turn off this feature for only Calc - hence the patch: the ideal would be to realise that what you enter in a calc cell is seldom/never a sentence & => not to do correction for calc at all.
reassign to mmp for review of michael's last comments.
Hi Micheal, please understand that changing subject and content and component of an issue over time is very confusing. Please use one issue per task and stick to the original purpose. I suppose that this is even no longer a PATCH. Thanks, Matthias
Please note that this was fixed for Calc in OOo2.3: http://sc.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=features&msgNo=241 http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/cws.ShowCWS?Path=SRC680%2Ftl38 http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=78661 So, if at all this is an issue for Impress only, and the patch would disable the option for all applications, which is not what we want => changing type to ENHANCEMENT. I suggest to either implement something Impress specific, similar to what was done for Calc (see feature announcement mail mentioned above and http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/autocorrect/AutoCorrect.odt spec), or close this issue.
move target to 3.x
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".