<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/><help:help-text value="visible">Edits the replacement table for automatically correcting or replacing words or abbreviations in your document.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">To enable the replacement table, choose <span class="T1">Tools - AutoCorrect/AutoFormat</span>, click the<span class="T1"> Options</span> tab, and then select<span class="T1"> Use replacement table</span>. To use the replacement table while you type, choose <span class="T1">Format - AutoFormat - While Typing</span>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Lists the entries for automatically replacing words or abbreviations while you type. To add an entry, enter text in the <span class="T1">Replace </span>and <span class="T1">With </span>boxes, and then click <span class="T1">New</span>. To edit an entry, select it, change the text in the <span class="T1">With</span> box, and then click <span class="T1">Replace</span>. To delete an entry, select it, and then click <span class="T1">Delete</span>.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; replacing with format" tag="kw65876_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can use the AutoCorrect feature to apply a specific character format to a word or abbreviation. Select the formatted text in your document, open this dialog, clear the <span class="T1">Text only</span> box, and then enter the text that you want to replace in the<span class="T1"> Replace</span> box.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:key-word value="frames; AutoCorrect" tag="kw65876_5"/><help:key-word value="graphics; AutoCorrect" tag="kw65876_4"/><help:key-word value="graphics; inserting automatically" tag="kw65876_3"/><help:key-word value="AutoCorrect; graphics and frames" tag="kw65876_2"/>You can also include frames, graphics, and OLE objects in an AutoCorrect entry, so long as they are anchored <span class="T1">as characters</span> in the text. Select the frame, graphic or OLE object and at least one text character in front of and behind the object. Open this dialog, type a name for this AutoCorrect entry in the <span class="T1">Replace </span>box, and then click <span class="T1">New</span>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the word or abbreviation that you want to replace while you type.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the replacement text, graphic, frame, or OLE object that you want to replace the text in the<span class="T1"> Replace</span> box. If you have selected text, a graphic, a frame, or an OLE object in your document, the relevant information is already entered here.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Saves the entry in the <span class="T1">With</span> box without formatting. When the replacement is made, the text uses the same format as the document text.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Adds or replaces an entry in the replacement table.</help:help-text></p>