Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 65792
word completion disabled by punctuation
Last modified: 2017-05-20 10:11:40 UTC
When there is some punctuation (directly) at the right of the cursor, the word completion does not work. So, when I want to extend a sentence, I have to first insert a space before the dot, go back one character, insert an other space, and then I can start to type words. Otherwise the word completion does not work. Regarding word completion, punctuation chars ",;.:" (and also hyphens "-" I think) should be treated as word separators, like space.
Reassigned to SBA.
reassigned to requirements
I don't have a fix for this, but let me offer a reason to take this problem seriously (within the bounds of P3). For many users, autocorrect is a mildly convenient feature that gets used occasionally for common errors (teh rather than the, lower-case I, etc.). For a few, however, it is an integral part of using any word processor. For other users, particularly those with RSI, carpal tunnel, or other disabilities, autocorrect can be used to cut down vastly the number of keystrokes needed. These users will not just use it to correct typos, but as a means of typing in a sort of abbreviated shorthand (nsy becomes necessary, wdn becomes wouldn't, iwnf becames I wonder if, etc.). For these users, autocorrect is an extremely important feature. And, for them, this issue makes Writer very difficult to use.
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I use word completion a lot, because I'm used to it in editors for computer programs (IDEs). It is maybe not so usefull in English because most words are fairly short, but in German, where nous are frequently concatenated into long compound words, it is really usefull. In academic texts it can even help you to stick to a the same technical terms in all chapters. If you forgot how you named the thing, you must only type the first letters of some likely candidates and usually the term you chose pops up. German is not the only language with long words. Some languages with long words that I know of are: Finish, Hungarian, Turkish and the Inuit language.
Duplicate of issue 37578. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 37578 ***