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[Solved] How do I turn off predictive text

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:43 pm
by bengtsson
Sometime when I type, I can see the Writer trying to second guess what word I am typing, putting a word there in highlights.
I find this just annoying and cant see how this will help anyone unless they type at snail pace. How can I disable this?

Kent

Re: How do I turn off predictive text.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:49 pm
by Hagar Delest
-> [Solved] How do I stop predictive text?

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Re: How do I turn off predictive text.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:51 pm
by TheGurkha
Tools>AutoCorrect>Word Completion and remove the tick from the 'Enable word completion' option.

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Re: How do I turn off predictive text.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:07 am
by foxcole
Sometime when I type, I can see the Writer trying to second guess what word I am typing, putting a word there in highlights.
I find this just annoying and cant see how this will help anyone unless they type at snail pace.
Just a word about predictive text, or in OOo terms, AutoComplete text... I too found it annoying at first, but I discovered over time how easy it was to hit Enter when the correct word form was found. I do not type at a snail's pace. I touch-type 100 wpm with good accuracy, 130 if I'm rushing and accuracy goes down. But I also watch as I type and it's far easier to hit one key than three or four. AutoComplete saves me thousands of keystrokes per week, and I like the idea of that much less wear-and-tear on my busy hands. If the word only has one or two letters left, I just type them, no point in doing otherwise.

To each his own, of course, but i wanted to caution you not to jump to conclusions or judgments about features until after you give them a fair shake. You're not used to AutoComplete, but that doesn't mean the feature is useless.

Re: How do I turn off predictive text.

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:36 am
by idrummond
I will agree it can be useful, but I am starting to get distracted that everytime I write the word 'her', it gives me herringbone. Is there a way to edit the list?

Re: How do I turn off predictive text.

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:03 pm
by ccornell
It's worth noting that this is also documented in the application help. We need to remember to press F1 and search the available help for AutoComplete (note that a request has been made to add "Predictive Text" to the index so that it is even easier to find)

Re: How do I turn off predictive text.

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:48 pm
by Hagar Delest
idrummond wrote:Is there a way to edit the list?
Tools>AutoCorrect then Word Completion tab.

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