Operation Manual

Sentence spacing
Checks for a single space between sentences, indicating when one or two extra spaces are
found.
More spaces
Checks word and sentence spacing for more than two extra spaces.
Em dash; En dash
These options force a non-spaced em dash to replace a spaced en dash, or force a spaced
en dash to replace a non-spaced em dash.
Quotation marks
Checks for correct typographical double quotation marks.
Multiplication sign
This option is selected by default. It replaces an ‘x’ used as a multiplication symbol with the
correct typographical symbol.
Apostrophe
Replaces an apostrophe with the correct typographical character.
Ellipsis
Replaces three consecutive periods (full stops) with the correct typographical symbol.
Minus sign
Replaces a hyphen with the correct minus typographical character.
Others
Convert to metric; Convert to non-metric
Converts quantities in a given type of unit to quantities in the other type of unit: metric to
imperial or imperial to metric.
Thousands separation of large numbers
Converts a number with five or more significant digits to a common format, that is one which
uses the comma as a thousands separator, or to the ISO format which uses a narrow space
as a separator.
Choosing Internet options
The Internet options available depend on your operating system.
Use the Proxy page (if available) to save proxy settings for use with LibreOffice.
Figure 41: Internet options, showing E-mail page available to Linux users
If you are using a Mozilla browser (such as Firefox) on Windows or Linux, you can enable the
Browser Plug-in so you can open LibreOffice files in your browser, print them, save them, and work
with them in other ways.
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