IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting instant correction options in Presentations

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.
    Ignore double spaces Replaces two or more consecutive spaces with a single space.

Product Feedback | Additional Documentation | Trademarks