IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting instant correction options for all editors

You can select the options for automatically correcting errors as you type.

  1. Click Tools > Instant Corrections > Options.
  2. Select from the options in the following table:
    Table 1. Instant correction options
    Option Description
    Use replacement table When you type a letter combination that matches a shortcut in the replacement table, the combination is replaced with the text that is specified on the Replace tab of the Instant Corrections window.
    Correct TWo INitial CApitals When you type two uppercase letters at the beginning of a word, such as "WOrd", the second uppercase letter is automatically replaced with a lowercase letter.
    Capitalize first letter of every sentence Capitalizes the first letter of every sentence.
    Automatic *bold* and _underline_ Automatically applies bold formatting to text enclosed by asterisks (*), for example *bold, and underlining to text enclosed by underscores, for example _underline_. The asterisks and underscores are not displayed after the formatting is applied.
    URL Recognition Automatically creates a hyperlink when you type a URL.
    Replace 1st ... with 1^st ... Displays the text characters of ordinals, such as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, as superscript characters.
    Replace 1/2 ... with ½ ... Replaces 1/2, 1/4, 3/4 with the corresponding fraction characters.
    Replace dashes On Linux operating systems, replaces one or two hyphens preceded by and followed by a space with an en dash (–). If no space is added after the one or two hyphens, an em dash (—) is inserted.
    Delete spaces and tabs at beginning and end of paragraph In Lotus Symphony Documents, removes spaces and tabs at the beginning of a paragraph. To use this option, the Apply Styles option must also be selected.
    Delete spaces and tabs at end and start of lines In Lotus Symphony Documents, removes spaces and tabs at the beginning of each line. To use this option, the Apply Styles option must also be selected.
    Ignore double spaces Replaces two or more consecutive spaces with a single space.
    Apply numbering - symbol

    In Lotus Symphony Documents, automatically creates a numbered list when you press Enter at the end of a line that starts with a number followed by a period, a space, and text. If a line starts with a hyphen (-), plus sign (+), or an asterisk (*), followed by a space, and text, a bulleted list is created when you press Enter.

    To cancel automatic numbering when you press Enter at the end of a line that starts with a number symbol, press Enter again.

    Note: The automatic numbering option is only applied to paragraphs that are formatted with the Default, Text body, or Text body indent paragraph style.
    Apply border In Lotus Symphony Documents, automatically applies a border at the base of the preceding paragraph when you type three or more specific characters and press Enter. To create a single line, type three or more hyphens (-), or underscores (_), and press Enter. To create a double line, type three or more equal signs (=), asterisks (*), tildes (~), or number signs (#), and then press Enter. The following list summarizes the line thickness for different characters:
    • --- 0.5 pt single underline
    • ___ 1.0 pt single underline
    • === 1.1 pt double underline
    • *** 4.5 pt double underline
    • ~~~ 6.0 pt double underline
    • ### 9.0 pt double underline
    Create table In Lotus Symphony Documents, creates a table when you press Enter after typing a series of hyphens (----) or tabs separated by plus signs (+), for example, +-------+------+. Plus signs indicate column dividers, while hyphens and tabs indicate column width.
    Apply styles Automatically replaces the Default paragraph style with the Heading 1 through Heading 8 paragraph styles. To apply the Heading 1 paragraph style, type the text that you want to use as a heading (without a period), and then press Enter twice. To apply a subheading, press the Tab key one or more times, type the text (without a period), and then press Enter.
    Remove blank paragraphs In Lotus Symphony Documents, removes empty paragraphs from the current document when you click Tools > Instant Changes > Apply.
    Replace Custom Styles In Lotus Symphony Documents, replaces the custom paragraph styles in the current document with the Default, Text Body, or Text Body Indent paragraph style.
    Replace bullets with: ■ In Lotus Symphony Documents, converts paragraphs that start with a hyphen (-), a plus sign (+), or an asterisk (*) directly followed by a space or a tab, to bulleted lists. This option only works on paragraphs that are formatted with the Default, Text Body, or Text Body Indent paragraph styles. To change the bullet style that is used, select this option, and then click Edit.
    Replace "standard quotes" with “custom quotes” In Lotus Symphony Documents, changes quotation marks in the text to the quotation marks that you specify in the Custom Quotes tab of this window.
    Combine single line paragraphs if length greater than 50% In Lotus Symphony Documents, combines consecutive single-line paragraphs into a single paragraph. This option only works on paragraphs that use the Default paragraph style. If a paragraph is longer than the specified length value, the paragraph is combined with the next paragraph. To enter a different value, select the option, and then click Edit.

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