auto capitalizing after quotes.

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#1

Try as I might, I can't find a solution to this and I have been looking for months in the forums and similar.

I am a writer. A novelist. Auto capitalization works really well with my physical disabilities. It does not work when I put quotes at the start of a sentence.

For instance...

When I type the below, the words after the quotes are not capitalized. Is there a Macro or a setting to make LO ignore quotes as a typed character when auto capitalizing? I want all instances, when quoting, to be capitalized.

"the dog is over here." he said.

Should be,

"The dog is over here." He said

Turning off smart quotes does not help. Is there a Macro somewhere that will fix this annoying issue?.

#2

Hi,

Not really a fix, but something you could try...

You can add an auto correct entry that will transform a sequence of,
for example "a to "A (you would also need to add all the letters). For
the closing quote, the sequence would be ." a which would become ." A.
Since it is auto correct, you would need to place a space after the
letter when you type and then erase (typing sequence:
"a<space><backspace>). The one advantage is you can control the
capitalization: typing "abc would remain as "abc, while
"a<space><backspace>bc would become "Abc.

I hope this helps.

Rémy.

#3

It actually does! I am totally blind, and use a screen reader, so how would I ensure that I am entering the end quote? Thanks so much!

#4

10.10.2018 u 15:31, Robert W Kingett je napisao/la:

Try as I might, I can't find a solution to this and I have been looking for months in the forums and similar.

I am a writer. A novelist. Auto capitalization works really well with my physical disabilities. It does not work when I put quotes at the start of a sentence.

For instance...

When I type the below, the words after the quotes are not capitalized. Is there a Macro or a setting to make LO ignore quotes as a typed character when auto capitalizing? I want all instances, when quoting, to be capitalized.

"the dog is over here." he said.

Should be,

"The dog is over here." He said

Turning off smart quotes does not help. Is there a Macro somewhere that will fix this annoying issue?.

Hi,

I would add every letter of the alphabet preceded by quotation mark to Autocorretion. So go to Tools → AutoCorrections → AutoCorrection Options and under 'Replace' put "a and in field 'With' put "A. So

"a    "A
"b    "B
"c    "C
.....

but there might be occasions where you wouldn't want this so just consider if this approach would hurt your workflow.

Kruno

#5

11.10.2018 u 02:38, Remy Gauthier je napisao/la:

Hi,

Not really a fix, but something you could try...

You can add an auto correct entry that will transform a sequence of,
for example "a to "A (you would also need to add all the letters). For
the closing quote, the sequence would be ." a which would become ." A.
Since it is auto correct, you would need to place a space after the
letter when you type and then erase (typing sequence:
"a<space><backspace>). The one advantage is you can control the
capitalization: typing "abc would remain as "abc, while
"a<space><backspace>bc would become "Abc.

No need for backspacing - just use this

"a.*    "A
"b.*    "B
"c.*    "C

and it will replace whole words.

Kruno