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Thank you very much Jessica and Margaret for your tips about Word's
built-in functions. They are good, but ideally I would like the computer to
give suggestions within the subject I am writing (how far has the
development of computers can read brain waves come? :-). Well, I should let
you know that I am comparing a bit with the functions in my translation
tool, where the suggestions popup in a suggestion list, but then again the
term suggestions are generated from a translation memory.
> No way that I know of. Autocorrect is designed for one-to-one
> substitutions.
> ________________________________________
> From: katarina -dot- bovin -at- gmail -dot- com [katarina -dot- bovin -at- gmail -dot- com] On Behalf Of
> Katarina Bovin [office -at- abc-tech -dot- se]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:01 PM
> To: Weissman, Jessica
> Subject: Re: Auto-suggestion tool
>
> The only problem (as far as I can see it) is that you need to press F3 to
> see the suggestion. What if you are not sure which term to use and wish to
> see some suggestions from your own dictionary after you have typed 1-3
> letters?
>
> /Katarina
>
>
> 2012/3/15 Weissman, Jessica <WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com<mailto:
> WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com>>
> This is precisely what Word's AutoCorrect feature does. You can add your
> own items to the built-in list.
>
> - Jessica
>
>
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