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One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest /
auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too? |
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It could through Word2003, and it's been reported that the feature was
restored in Word2010. Although if you've already gotten as far as "accommo," that particular AutoCorrect doesn't do you much good, since in that word it's the number of c's and m's that's tricky, and how would it know whether you wanted "accommodate" or "accommodation" (or any other form of the word)? On Jun 5, 9:26*am, Daniel wrote: One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too? |
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If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to how
your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address field), then no, Word doesn't support that. What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a particular combination of characters with another combination of characters. For example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation." Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a "formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Daniel" wrote in message ... One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too? |
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I think what Daniel is suggesting is the kind of "predictive text"
that's common on cell phones. Word does not have that feature, although it has been requested before. There are several differences between predictive text and AutoCorrect. For example, predictive text works from a built-in dictionary that includes usage frequency data, and continues to suggest different words as you add more letters to the text on the screen. AutoCorrect starts with a limited vocabulary and lets you add more entries, including "nonsense" aliases for extended text and/or graphics; and it inserts its value in the document only when you type a space or punctuation to indicate that you've completed your "word". Frankly, I'm surprised that Word 2010 doesn't have some kind of predictive typing feature, and I think it would be a great one for Office 15. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:55 +0200, "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to how your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address field), then no, Word doesn't support that. What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a particular combination of characters with another combination of characters. For example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation." Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a "formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Daniel" wrote in message ... One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too? |
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Garrison Keillor has (very, very rarely) a slow-talker character whose
hearers try to finish his sentences for him -- and he always goes on to finish them in a slightly or very different way. I can see a "predictive text" feature outside the very limited realm of txting as getting very annoying very quickly. On Jun 5, 2:34*pm, Jay Freedman wrote: I think what Daniel is suggesting is the kind of "predictive text" that's common on cell phones. Word does not have that feature, although it has been requested before. There are several differences between predictive text and AutoCorrect. For example, predictive text works from a built-in dictionary that includes usage frequency data, and continues to suggest different words as you add more letters to the text on the screen. AutoCorrect starts with a limited vocabulary and lets you add more entries, including "nonsense" aliases for extended text and/or graphics; and it inserts its value in the document only when you type a space or punctuation to indicate that you've completed your "word". Frankly, I'm surprised that Word 2010 doesn't have some kind of predictive typing feature, and I think it would be a great one for Office 15. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:55 +0200, "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to how your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address field), then no, Word doesn't support that. What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a particular combination of characters with another combination of characters. For example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation." Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a "formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Daniel" wrote in message ... One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too?- |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
... I think what Daniel is suggesting is the kind of "predictive text" that's common on cell phones. OK, that's a far better analogy than the one I tried to use. :-) Word does not have that feature, although it has been requested before. There are several differences between predictive text and AutoCorrect. For example, predictive text works from a built-in dictionary that includes usage frequency data, and continues to suggest different words as you add more letters to the text on the screen. AutoCorrect starts with a limited vocabulary and lets you add more entries, including "nonsense" aliases for extended text and/or graphics; and it inserts its value in the document only when you type a space or punctuation to indicate that you've completed your "word". Frankly, I'm surprised that Word 2010 doesn't have some kind of predictive typing feature, and I think it would be a great one for Office 15. Really? Personally, I find "predictive typing" annoying... -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:55 +0200, "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to how your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address field), then no, Word doesn't support that. What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a particular combination of characters with another combination of characters. For example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation." Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a "formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Daniel" wrote in message ... One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too? |
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But surely SMS text language is the language of the future?
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Garrison Keillor has (very, very rarely) a slow-talker character whose hearers try to finish his sentences for him -- and he always goes on to finish them in a slightly or very different way. I can see a "predictive text" feature outside the very limited realm of txting as getting very annoying very quickly. On Jun 5, 2:34 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: I think what Daniel is suggesting is the kind of "predictive text" that's common on cell phones. Word does not have that feature, although it has been requested before. There are several differences between predictive text and AutoCorrect. For example, predictive text works from a built-in dictionary that includes usage frequency data, and continues to suggest different words as you add more letters to the text on the screen. AutoCorrect starts with a limited vocabulary and lets you add more entries, including "nonsense" aliases for extended text and/or graphics; and it inserts its value in the document only when you type a space or punctuation to indicate that you've completed your "word". Frankly, I'm surprised that Word 2010 doesn't have some kind of predictive typing feature, and I think it would be a great one for Office 15. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:55 +0200, "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to how your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address field), then no, Word doesn't support that. What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a particular combination of characters with another combination of characters. For example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation." Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a "formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Daniel" wrote in message ... One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too?- |
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Oh, dear ...
The Welsh linguist and Anglist David Crystal has already published a couple of small books on such topics (I think Cambridge UP, his most frequent publisher), worth looking at. On Jun 6, 1:59*am, "Graham Mayor" wrote: But surely SMS text language is the language of the future? -- Graham Mayor - *Word MVP My web sitewww.gmayor.com Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... Garrison Keillor has (very, very rarely) a slow-talker character whose hearers try to finish his sentences for him -- and he always goes on to finish them in a slightly or very different way. I can see a "predictive text" feature outside the very limited realm of txting as getting very annoying very quickly. On Jun 5, 2:34 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: I think what Daniel is suggesting is the kind of "predictive text" that's common on cell phones. Word does not have that feature, although it has been requested before. There are several differences between predictive text and AutoCorrect. For example, predictive text works from a built-in dictionary that includes usage frequency data, and continues to suggest different words as you add more letters to the text on the screen. AutoCorrect starts with a limited vocabulary and lets you add more entries, including "nonsense" aliases for extended text and/or graphics; and it inserts its value in the document only when you type a space or punctuation to indicate that you've completed your "word". Frankly, I'm surprised that Word 2010 doesn't have some kind of predictive typing feature, and I think it would be a great one for Office 15. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:55 +0200, "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you mean that you want Word to suggest words previously typed (similar to how your web browser may suggest previous sites as you type into the address field), then no, Word doesn't support that. What you can do is make use of Word's AutoCorrect feature to replace a particular combination of characters with another combination of characters. For example, you can instruct Word to replace "acco" with "accommodation." Note that AutoCorrect isn't limited to single words; you can create a "formatted" AutoCorrect entry to insert virtually anything: one or more paragraphs of text, a table, a text box, and so forth. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com) "Daniel" wrote in message ... One of the features i like from Open Office, is the auto-suggest / auto-complete word as you type. Say for example i type accommo the program will show accommodation as an option and i just hit enter to make the choice accepted. Can Word do this too?-- |
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