[Solved] Capitalize first letter of every sentence

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[Solved] Capitalize first letter of every sentence

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Hi, I have been using OO for a long time - just for writing. A long time now, I have regularly been trying to activate "Begin each line with capital letter", but it fails to work, despite I have checked that particular box.
I'm using the Swedish version, and I have installed spell check for Swedish and English.

This function is the only feature I need ( besides spell checking), and its a bit ironic that among all the thousands of features of OO - the only one that I need does not work. :D

I hope someone can help me. I don't want to pay a lot of money for Microsoft's word, just for changing the first letter.
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"Begin each line with capital letter"
Do you mean the "Capitalize first letter of each sentence"? It is not line-related, but it is a sentence-related option.
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Meaning that you need to have a period (dot) at the end of a paragraph so that the first letter of the new paragraph (also new line and sentence) gets capitalized.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the *EDIT button if your issue has been fixed.
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Re: Capitalize first letter of every sentence

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Sorry, I meant "Begin each sentence with capital letter". That is, I want OO to automatically change the beginning of the sentence to capital letter. If I happen to forget it, which I do regularly. More often when I'm eager to write fast. :)

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Re: Capitalize first letter of every sentence

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Tools menu/autocorrect options/options tab/Capitalize first letter of every sentence
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The delimiters to end a sentence (in English) are .!? and auto capitalise works after these. If there are (rare) omissions, proof reading should catch these.
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Re: Capitalize first letter of every sentence

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I have tried that:
Tools menu/autocorrect options/options tab/Capitalize first letter of every sentence

Doesn't work. I'm probably forced tp live with it, or buy MS Office. :oops: :cry:
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I'm probably forced tp live with it, or buy MS Office.
Try the LibreOffice before.


Where you set this option? Do you checked the checbox in the column T (while Typing), and the M (while Modifying) too?
It will not work "automatically" (will not modify all of the sentences immediately, when you check-in the options), but it need some activity: Typeing or Modifying.
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Dreamwriter wrote:I have tried that:
Tools menu/autocorrect options/options tab/Capitalize first letter of every sentence

Doesn't work. I'm probably forced tp live with it, or buy MS Office. :oops: :cry:
Before posting, I checked on my system; definitely working for me. On /Format /Autocorrect, you probably should have "while typing" checked.
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Dreamwriter wrote:Doesn't work. I'm probably forced tp live with it, or buy MS Office. :oops: :cry:
Then there is a problem.
Try to reset your OpenOffice user profile.
I assume that you use the sentence delimiters mentioned by RoryOF (.!?).
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I have just checked: /Format /Autocorrect /While typing needs to be turned on, in addition to using the normal sentence delimiters and the other settings mentioned earlier
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Re: Capitalize first letter of every sentence

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Ahh, I'm grateful there are forums! Problem solved, and I can stick with OO. Thanks.
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