[Issue 128477] Suggestion: Custom AutoFormat

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128477

--- Comment #11 from Bastendorf <Cr...@yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to oooforum (fr) from comment #10)
> To reach out a goal, we must understand and informations provided in the 1st
> post are not sufficient for me. So, I repeat twice, read my previous comment
> and give us more explain.
> 
> Certainly a XY problem where a forum with end-users will be a better place
> to debate about solutions.

Sorry, message went to spam and I didn't see it until today.

You're messing with me aren't you? This is round peg, round hole stuff, here.
Maybe there's a language barrier. I assume 'fr' means french. Or maybe you're
being intentionally difficult with me to see how many times I can rewrite my
suggestion.

McKenna seems to understand it fine, but ok, I'll write it a third time.

I'm asking for an AutoFormat. I want to go into Format and find a per-document
options tool almost identical to Format > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options,
except it would be Format > AutoFormat > AutoFormat Options.

Exactly the same as the AutoCorrect Options window, I want to be able to add
into this to this AutoFormat options window words for Writer to look for as I'm
typing, exactly the same way it already does with AutoCorrect, except one major
detail. Instead of correcting my spelling as I'm typing, the AutoFormat window
would have a Font tab, Font Effects tab, and Background tab where you could
twiddle dropdown things and set formats exactly like is already present in
Styles and Formatting > Character Styles > Modify.

This options window would then allow me to add a word, like 'Monday', to a list
I want it to look for as I'm typing, and then in the Font tab, I'd be able to
set what font I want, in the Font Effects tab, I'd be able to twiddle the
options and set what Font Color, Effects, Relief, Outline, Shadow, Blinking,
Hidden, Overlining, Strike through, Underlining, and in the Background tab, I'd
be able to pick a color from the color swatch list thing that shows up on that
same tab in Styles and Formatting > Character Styles > Modify.

Then, when I click ok, and I start to type in the document, Writer would act
similar to what it does when I mistype a word that is already stored in
AutoCorrect, and when I type 'Monday', the AutoFormat would see it and then
apply the Font, Font Color, Effects, Relief, Outline, Shadow, Blinking, Hidden,
Overlining, Strike through, Underlining, and Background that I set up for that
word in the new and shiny AutoFormat window, to the word 'Monday' that I typed.

But when I go to a different document, I don't want the same rules to apply. It
has to be document-specific, like Styles are in Calc.

If that's still not enough, I don't know what to tell you. Find a translator.
The only way to get more specific than that is to turn into Inspector Gadget
and explain it the way he used to explain DVD menus for totally unrelated
shows.

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