Auto Correction Problems

[RKanarek]

Greetings,

When TM2024 Pro got advanced auto-correction abilities, I was thrilled. Heaven knows my writing can use all the correcting it can get. When I discovered that TM’s enhanced auto-corrector tended to introduce more errors than it corrected and was then obstinate about keeping its failed “corrections” after I corrected them (unless I took special precautions*), I disabled most of them. I then discovered that one of its most useful auto-corrections, I.e. [sic] auto-formatting URLs, stopped working. I then decided to investigate further.

* Plot Spoiler: Dealing with wrong auto-corrections
If one just retypes a failed auto-corrections (i.e., an auto-correction that introduces an error instead of correcting one) TM will just auto-[in]correct it again. The trick is to hit Ctrl + Z immediately after the auto-correction. This will remove the “correction,” but leave the original text.

Auto-Correction Options Problems:
a. The replace --/--- with an EN/EM dash option and the replace -->/ ---> with arrows options are mutually exclusive. If you leave both enabled, two/three dashes followed by a greater-than sign results in –>/—>, respectively, and not arrows.
b. The “Format URLs as hyperlinks” option does not work unless at least one of the four auto-correction options are enabled (checked) in the “auto-correction” section of the “option” tab of Tool → Auto Correction.

Kind regards,
Richard Kanarek

[SuperTech]

Auto-Correction Options Problems:
a. The replace --/--- with an EN/EM dash option and the replace -->/ ---> with arrows options are mutually exclusive. If you leave both enabled, two/three dashes followed by a greater-than sign results in –>/—>, respectively, and not arrows.
b. The “Format URLs as hyperlinks” option does not work unless at least one of the four auto-correction options are enabled (checked) in the “auto-correction” section of the “option” tab of Tool → Auto Correction.

Thank you for reporting these problems, I am able to reproduce and forwarded the details further.

But please share more complete details for other issues like what are failed corrections? How to reproduce, sample document etc. so that we can do further investigation on it.

[SuperTech]

Auto-Correction Options Problems:
a. The replace --/--- with an EN/EM dash option and the replace -->/ ---> with arrows options are mutually exclusive. If you leave both enabled, two/three dashes followed by a greater-than sign results in –>/—>, respectively, and not arrows.
b. The “Format URLs as hyperlinks” option does not work unless at least one of the four auto-correction options are enabled (checked) in the “auto-correction” section of the “option” tab of Tool → Auto Correction.

Both of these issues have been resolved in the upcoming service pack.

[RKanarek]

Thanks for the hard work and the progress report!