Purpose
This is a WordPerfect macro that toggles the
state of various QuickCorrect, QuickWord, Format-As-You-Go,
SpeedLinks, and SmartQuote settings. (See WordPerfect's
Tools, QuickCorrect for your current settings.)
In general, this macro has a couple of practical
purposes.
- Some people often find they need to toggle
QuickCorrect (and SmartQuotes) on and off, usually to temporarily
get rid of smart quotes (a/k/a "curved" or "curly"
quotes).
- When creating or editing a macro, or creating
or loading a merge document, WordPerfect will temporarily turn
off some QuickCorrect settings, even in other open documents.
This is by design.
- For example, jumping back and forth between
a macro or merge document and a "normal" document may
require enabling/disabling SmartQuotes. Often, WordPerfect's
changes "stick," and you may find that quote marks
are no longer "curly," or QuickCorrect doesn't replace
"incorrect" words in its list with correct ones, or
QuickWord abbreviations don't expand.
Operation
This macro toggles these QuickCorrect
and QuickWords settings on and off. It also sets certain other
QC settings to your preferred defaults. You may want to assign
it to a toolbar button for easy access.
If QuickCorrect, QuickWord, Format-As-You-Go,
SpeedLinks, and/or SmartQuote settings are off when you play
it, it will turn them on (i.e., the ones you have specified --
see below); if these settings are on, it will turn certain ones
off (i.e.,, the ones you specified).
A brief message appears in either event to
tell you which way the toggle is working.
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New in version 1.04:
The macro (optionally) restores the four
Smart ("curly") quote marks found under QuickCorrect's
SmartQuotes tab. Sometimes these four items are accidentally
deleted (some users do this to turn them off) or changed to a
different set of marks in the SmartQuotes dialog. This macro
can restore them to their default or preferred values.
If you use Smart ("curly") quote
marks other than the WordPerfect defaults, you will want
to EITHER toggle this function off OR enter your own quote mark
values for the four items. You can do this by personalizing the
macro's operation (see next section). |
To personalize the macro's operation
A WordPerfect macro is a document with a .WCM
filename extension. Just open it as you would any other document
and follow the instructions at the top of the code and the redlined
User Modification Area, then -- when you are finished making changes --
click the Save & Compile on the Macro Toolbar that should
be displayed at the top of the screen.
Even while you are editing the macro, you
can view your current settings by clicking Tools, QuickCorrect.
Just jot down your preferences. The macro's User Modification Area is laid
out in sections that correspond to the five tabs in QuickCorrect.
The settings the macro can change are:
QuickCorrect - "Replace words as you
type" (On/Off)
QuickCorrect - "Correct other mis-typed words when possible"
(On/Off)
Expand QuickWords when you type them
Format words as hyperlinks as you type them (SpeedLinks)
Capitalize next letter after end-of-sentence punctuation
Correct two irregular capitals
Change two spaces to one space between words
Change two spaces to one space between sentences
CapsFix - correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key
QuickBullets
QuickIndent
QuickLines
QuickOrdinals
QuickSymbols
SmartQuotes (several settings)
Generally, there is no need to customize the
first setting above. The macro's default "On"
setting is to replace words when you type, and its default "off"
setting is to not replace them when QuickCorrect is turned off.
Most users will want to keep these defaults.
Many if not most users probably will not want
to customize the second setting, either.
From WordPerfect's Help <F1>:] When
the "Correct other mistyped words when possible" check
box is enabled, WordPerfect replaces typographical errors that
have only one possible correction without notifying you of the
change. Use this option only if you are confident that a document
uses words found in a standard word list. Unusual spellings and
proper nouns might be changed automatically when you enable this
option. (Most power users disable this setting. They don't want
strange "corrections" slipping into important documents
unnoticed. In any case, see the next note.)
"Note that in the original release of
WPX3, correct words were flagged as spelling errors if the option
"Correct other mistyped words when possible" was active.
This has been remedied with Service Pack 1."
For additional tips about QuickCorrect,
see here. |
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