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To insert a conditional hyphen inside a word, click where you want the hyphen to appear and press
Ctrl+hyphen or use Insert > Formatting Mark > Optional hyphen. The word will be hyphenated
at this position when it is at the end of the line, even if automatic hyphenation for this paragraph is
switched off.
Using AutoCorrect
Writer’s AutoCorrect function has a long list of common misspellings and typing errors, which it
corrects automatically. For example, “hte” will be changed to “the”.
AutoCorrect is turned on when Writer is installed. To turn it off, uncheck Format > AutoCorrect >
While Typing.
Select Tools > AutoCorrect Options to open the AutoCorrect dialog box. There you can define
what strings of text are corrected and how. In most cases, the defaults are fine.
Figure 93: Replace tab of AutoCorrect dialog box
To stop Writer replacing a specific spelling, go to the Replace tab, highlight the word pair, and click
Delete.
To add a new spelling to the list, type it into the Replace and With boxes on the Replace tab, and
click New.
See the different pages of the dialog box for the wide variety of other options available to fine-tune
AutoCorrect.
Tip
AutoCorrect can be used as a quick way to insert special characters. For example,
(c) will be autocorrected to ©. You can add your own special characters.
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