Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 52054
AutoInput config not analogous to Writer's autocomplete
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:12:27 UTC
AutoComplete/AutoInput is a feature that annoys many people. Ignoring the issue of whether they should be on or off by default, they are essentially the same feature and they need to be configurable in the same way. * Writer's AutoComplete is turned off (or configured) by going to Tools->AutoCorrect->Word Completion * Calc's Autoinput is turned off by going to Tools->Cell Contents->AutoInput Neither is readily findable, and finding one does not give any clues for finding the other. I suggest that AutoInput be a tab in the AutoCorrect dialog in Calc, since that dialog is already nearly identical to the one in Writer and it is the obvious place for a user to look once they've found it in Writer. (In fact, when it is not found there, it's not much of a logical leap to assume that it can't be turned off!)
Hi, this is not a bug but an enhancement request. Cell autoinput is different to the autocompletion of writer. IMHO this shouldn't be changed. Nevertheless I re-assign it to the requirements tema for further investigation and decission finding. Frank
I would like to raise this topic again - current location for AutoInput setting is so illogical that it is impossible to find. Please move it to Tools\Options, where it will be easily discoverable. Thanks a lot!
Hi, I agree to Quadong and Kpalagin: Though both feature may not be totally identical, they *feel* very, very similar! So, I suggest to unifiy a) name b) place Example/Reason: May father wanted me to turn off the autocompletion functionality in both his writer and his calc. In Writer, I knew how to. In Calc, I wondered why the Tools->Autocorrect menu in Calc lacks the "Word Completion" tab of Writer. So I searched the OO-help for the name "(auto) complete" -- and didn't find it. Finally, I found a hint in a Google search in a forum. I think, most (dumb as me...) users will look for a similar feature at a similar place and under a similiar name. And I suppose, that's more inconvenient or problematic than a sligth difference in what the feature does in either Writer or Calc. What do you think? Thank you! Dirk