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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147833" role="paragraph">By default, $[officename] automatically corrects many common typing errors and applies formatting while you type. </paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1081B" role="listitem">To quickly undo an automatic correction or completion, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Z. </paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10846" role="listitem">To turn off most AutoCorrect features, remove the check mark from the menu <emph>Tools - AutoCorrect - While Typing</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147251">To Remove a Word from the AutoCorrect List</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145596" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Replace</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145620" role="listitem">In the <emph>AutoCorrect</emph> list, select the word pair that you want to remove.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145645" role="listitem">Click <emph>Delete</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145668">To Stop Replacing Quotation Marks</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151220" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Localized Options</emph> tab</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151245" role="listitem">Clear the "Replace" check box(es).</paragraph>
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      <h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155076">To Stop Capitalizing the First Letter of a Sentence</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155123" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Options</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155148" role="listitem">Clear the "Capitalize first letter of every sentence" check box.</paragraph>
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      <h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155401">To Stop Drawing a Line When You Type Three Identical Characters</h2>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155415" role="paragraph">$[officename] automatically draws a line when you type three of the following characters and press Enter: - _ = * ~ #</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" localize="false" id="par_id3155439" role="listitem"><embedvar href="text/shared/00/00000406.xhp#autokorr"/></paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155463" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Options</emph> tab.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155488" role="listitem">Clear the "Apply border" check box.</paragraph>
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