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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Deactivating Automatic Changes</title>
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  <bookmark_value>deactivating; automatic changes</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>tables; deactivating automatic changes in</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>AutoInput function on/off</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>text in cells;AutoInput function</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>cells; AutoInput function of text</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>input support in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>changing; input in cells</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>AutoCorrect function;cell contents</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>cell input;AutoInput function</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>lowercase letters;AutoInput function (in cells)</bookmark_value>
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<comment>mw added one entry</comment>

<paragraph id="hd_id3149456" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="auto_off"><link href="text/scalc/guide/auto_off.xhp" name="Deactivating Automatic Changes">Deactivating Automatic Changes</link> </variable></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156442" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">By default, $[officename] automatically corrects many common typing errors and applies formatting while you type. You can immediately undo any automatic changes with <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Z.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145273" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following shows you how to deactivate and reactivate the automatic changes in $[officename] Calc:</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3145748" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Automatic Text or Number Completion</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154730" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">When making an entry in a cell, $[officename] Calc automatically suggests matching input found in the same column. This function is known as <emph>AutoInput</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153878" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To turn the AutoInput on and off, set or remove the check mark in front of <link href="text/scalc/01/06130000.xhp" name="Tools - AutoInput"><emph>Tools - AutoInput</emph></link>.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3146972" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Automatic Conversion to Date Format</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153707" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">$[officename] Calc automatically converts certain entries to dates. For example, the entry <emph>1.1</emph> may be interpreted as January 1 of the current year, according to the locale settings of your operating system, and then displayed according to the date format applied to the cell.<comment>for sure 1.1 will not be interpreted as a date in the USofA !!</comment></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159267" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To ensure that an entry is interpreted as text, add an apostrophe at the beginning of the entry. The apostrophe is not displayed in the cell.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3150043" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Quotation Marks Replaced by Custom Quotes</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155333" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options</emph>. Go to the <emph>Localized Options</emph> tab and unmark <emph>Replace</emph>.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3149565" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Cell Content Always Begins With Uppercase</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147001" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options</item>. Go to the <item type="menuitem">Options</item> tab. Unmark <item type="menuitem">Capitalize first letter of every sentence</item>.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3150345" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Replace Word With Another Word</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3166425" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options</item>. Go to the <item type="menuitem">Replace</item> tab. Select the word pair and click <item type="menuitem">Delete</item>.</paragraph>

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<paragraph id="par_id3152992" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/06130000.xhp" name="Tools - AutoInput">Tools - AutoInput</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154368" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/01/06040000.xhp" name="Tools - AutoCorrect">Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options</link></paragraph>
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