Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin includes an option to automatically correct misspelled words as you
type in Author mode. To enable and configure this AutoCorrect feature, open the
Preferences dialog box and go to .
The following options are available:
- Enable AutoCorrect
- When selected (default state), while editing in Author mode, if
you type anything that is listed in the Replace column of the
Replacements table displayed in this preferences page, Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin will
automatically replace it with the value listed in the With column.
- Use additional suggestions from the spell checker
- If selected, in addition to anything listed in the Replacements table
displayed in this preferences page, Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin will also use
suggestions from the Spell Checker to automatically correct misspelled words.
Suggestions from the Spell Checker will only be used if the misspelled word is
not found in the Replacements table.
Note: The
AutoCorrect feature
shares the same options configured in the
Language options and
Ignore elements sections in the
Spell Check preferences page.
- Include text-to-markup corrections based on the current document
type
-
If selected, in addition to anything listed in the Replacements table
displayed in this preferences page, the AutoCorrect mechanism
will also include XML markup insertion rules specified in a configuration file
for each document type. For example, for default DITA, DocBook, and TEI
documents, entering a hyphen (-) followed by a space in an empty paragraph
will automatically insert a list element with an empty list item element
inside. The configuration file is located at: [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/[DOC_TYPE]/resources/structureAutocorrect.xml.
Tip: By default, the
structureAutocorrect.xml file only exists for DITA,
DocBook, and TEI frameworks, but it is possible to customize your own markup
correction rules for your particular document type. For details, see
Customizing Text-to-Markup Shortcut Patterns.
- Spell Check options link
- Use this link to navigate to the Spell Check
Preferences page.
- Replacements Table section
-
The AutoCorrect feature uses the Replacements table to automatically
replace anything that is listed in the Replace column with the
value listed in the With column for each language.
- Replacements for language drop-down menu
- You can specify the language for the Replacements table, and for each
language, you can configure the items listed in the table. The language selected
in this page is not the language that will be used by the
AutoCorrect feature. It is simply the language for the
Replacements table.
- Replacements Table
- You can double-click on cells in either column to edit the listed items. Use
the Add button to insert new items and the
Remove button to delete rows from the table.
Note: Any
changes, additions, or deletions you make to this table are saved to a path
that is specified in the
AutoCorrect Dictionaries preferences
page.
- Smart quotes section
- You can also choose to automatically convert double and single quotes to a quotation
character of your choice by using the following options in the Smart
quotes section:
- Replace "Single quotes" - Replaces single quotes with the
quotation symbols you select with the Start quote and
End quote buttons.
- Replace "Double quotes" - Replaces double quotes with the
quotation symbols you select with the Start quote and
End quote buttons.
Note: These
Smart quotes options are ignored for content
inside any element listed in the
Ignore elements section of the Spell Check
preferences page.
- Restore Defaults
- Restores the options in this preferences page to their default values and also
deletes any changes you have made to the Replacements
table.