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   Michael F. Stemper to All   
   LibreOffice spreadsheet   
   13 Sep 22 15:50:58   
   
   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   I have a spreadsheet in which I track all of my hiking. Today,   
   I tried to enter the following into a cell:   
      
      E pkg lot to top, along bluff to Loop Trail, back down   
      
   However, it keeps changing "Loop Trail" to "loop trail". Since   
   "Loop Trail" is the name of a trail, it is a proper noun, and   
   should be capitalized.   
      
   When I put a period after "bluff to", it allowed me to   
   capitalize "Loop Trail". However, when I removed the period,   
   it again took matters into its own (virtual) hands and   
   undid the capitalization.   
      
   Automatic Spell Checking is turned off.   
   AutoCorrect doesn't seem to have anything relevant.   
      
   I can type the same words into the LibreOffice word processor,   
   and it leaves them alone.   
      
   What do I have to do to get it to stop messing with my   
   perfectly cromulent text?   
      
   --   
   Michael F. Stemper   
   The name of the story is "A Sound of Thunder".   
   It was written by Ray Bradbury. You're welcome.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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