Predictive text

[Speicher]

I am not sure if it is called that, but it is the nearest I can think of.

What I am trying to find is a way of telling the computer that when I type "tel" for instance, I want the computer to respond with "telephone". This is so that when there are lots of long words in a document, I do not need to type things like "synchronise" etc out in full.

I am sure I used to be able to do this many moons ago. I thought you could do it for whole paragraphs, but cannot find what that is called either.

Can anyone help please? I realise there is "find and replace" but that seems to require being implemented for each document.

 

[HLaB]

I am not sure if it is called that, but it is the nearest I can think of.

What I am trying to find is a way of telling the computer that when I type "tel" for instance, I want the computer to respond with "telephone". This is so that when there are lots of long words in a document, I do not need to type things like "synchronise" etc out in full.

I am sure I used to be able to do this many moons ago. I thought you could do it for whole paragraphs, but cannot find what that is called either.

Can anyone help please? I realise there is "find and replace" but that seems to require being implemented for each document.

You could try 'Tools / AutoCorrect' if you're using MS word.

 

[Speicher]

You could try 'Tools / AutoCorrect' if you're using MS word.

Yes, I tried that, but it would not let me add any new words to the list of words that it has been set to correct, ie adn gets changed to and etc.
The OK box is feint, and I cannot get it to add "my" words.

 

[Radius]

OpenOffice (good free substitue for Word / Office) does this, you can set the min. number of characters for it to remember, then it recognises the word and you just press enter to accept it or keep typing...

 

[HLaB]

Yes, I tried that, but it would not let me add any new words to the list of words that it has been set to correct, ie adn gets changed to and etc.
The OK box is feint, and I cannot get it to add "my" words.

Oh well, it must be a setting in a newer version, or maybe its something to do with the template; my old version lets me: 'Replace - x With - xyz' and I can Add that.

 

[Speicher]

Thank you HlaB, I will try that again. There is also autotext to try, which is similar.

I have also now found that I might have inadvertantly disabled the autocorrect feature, something about a check box in the autocorrect dialogue box. (This was in a very handy, easy to read manual from umm fifteen years ago, but it still seems relevant, the basics do not seem to have changed that much).

BTW did you say recently on another thread that you were starting a new job or was that Tetedlc?

 

[HLaB]

BTW did you say recently on another thread that you were starting a new job or was that Tetedlc?

That was Tete; I've not heard from him since I hope its going well.

 

[Speicher]

Oh well, it must be a setting in a newer version, or maybe its something to do with the template; my old version lets me: 'Replace - x With - xyz' and I can Add that.

I tried again today, and it worked. I presume you can also do standard paragraphs this way, and call it Intro, or Closing Para or whatever. I thought those sorts of paragraphs would be called something different.
Any way it worked, thank you for reassuring me that it does exist.

Now I need to try and remove the predictive text from my mobile phone, it appears that I have a totally different choice of words to put in my msgs nt wt sm do.

 

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[HLaB]

I tried again today, and it worked. I presume you can also do standard paragraphs this way, and call it Intro, or Closing Para or whatever. I thought those sorts of paragraphs would be called something different.
Any way it worked, thank you for reassuring me that it does exist. B)

Now I need to try and remove the predictive text from my mobile phone, it appears that I have a totally different choice of words to put in my msgs nt wt sm do.

No problem

With a nokia phone its quite easy you just press the # key quickly and the pencil at the top of the screen next to the abc changes from underlined to not when the predictive text is off. Alternatively holding the # key longer give yo another option. Unfortunately I've only owned nokia phones.

 

[Speicher]

I msut amidt I dnid't konw scuh a fcilatiy eixetsd.

If you keep the frist and lsat ltteer in the rghit pacle in any wrod, it is slilt esay to raed, aggeldelgy.

 

[Crackle]

crreoct!