<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="autoko" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">In the <span style="font-weight:bold;">AutoCorrect </span><text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>dialog you can adapt the automatic correction function to your requirements.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">With AutoCorrect, <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> is able to correct known errors automatically as you type, or can complete user-defined abbreviations to full sentences. <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">(which results in the automatic insertion of <help:link Id="67718">AutoText</help:link> blocks)</help:case></help:switch>. The AutoCorrect settings take effect as soon as the space bar is pressed after the text input.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="AutoComplete; switching on and off" tag="kw65781_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="AutoFormat; switching off" tag="kw65781_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="AutoCorrect, switching off" tag="kw65781_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The following applies to text documents: Switch the AutoCorrect on or off during the keying in of text by going to the menu command <help:link Id="67611" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Format - AutoFormat - While Typing</help:link> and marking or demarking this entry. The corresponding entry for spreadsheet documents can be found under Tools - Cell Contents - AutoInput. In addition you can autoformat an entire text document at any time by calling up the command <help:link Id="67635" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Format - AutoFormat - Format Document</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">Note: In spreadsheet documents, <help:link Id="66800">AutoInput</help:link> is available in addition to AutoCorrect.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67635" Eid="regelnautokorrektur">Other rules on AutoCorrect</help:link></help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">For spreadsheets, drawings and presentations, the AutoCorrect can only be active during input; subsequent automatic processing of the document is not possible.</p>