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Suggestion: Auto Correct for Message Bodies - more than just correcting typos

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Steve.Paintr3
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This is a suggestion. Please move it to the right place if there is a suggestion box (could not find it).

This suggestion is for something that goes beyond typos. I am aware that Thunderbird only highlights typos.

Auto-correct would be a great addition to the Thunderbird UI. It might be useful in other Mozilla products. Yes, it should fix word typos, ("steve" corrected to "Steve"). MORE GENERALLY than that, it would be very helpful if it corrected a string to a text block.

1. Enter long proper names quickly consistently 

   "usaidd" corrects to "United States Agency for International Development (USAID)"
   "nytt" corrects to "New York Times"

2. Enter symbols without knowing the hocus pocus 

   "(c)" to "©"  and em-dash, Registered Mark, ...

3. Add boilerplate quickly and easily 

   "mycpyr" to "Copyright 2025 ©..."

Allow users to maintain the auto-correct list. There are too many trades and professions to manage it centrally. It might be good to pre-populate it with a few common, illustrative entries as examples such as typographic symbols (save user's time) and an copyright template (creative commons?).

Thanks for your consideration.

This is a suggestion. Please move it to the right place if there is a suggestion box (could not find it). This suggestion is for something that goes beyond typos. I am aware that Thunderbird only highlights typos. Auto-correct would be a great addition to the Thunderbird UI. It might be useful in other Mozilla products. Yes, it should fix word typos, ("steve" corrected to "Steve"). MORE GENERALLY than that, it would be very helpful if it corrected a string to a text block. 1. Enter long proper names quickly consistently "usaidd" corrects to "United States Agency for International Development (USAID)" "nytt" corrects to "New York Times" 2. Enter symbols without knowing the hocus pocus "(c)" to "©" and em-dash, Registered Mark, ... 3. Add boilerplate quickly and easily "mycpyr" to "Copyright 2025 ©..." Allow users to maintain the auto-correct list. There are too many trades and professions to manage it centrally. It might be good to pre-populate it with a few common, illustrative entries as examples such as typographic symbols (save user's time) and an copyright template (creative commons?). Thanks for your consideration.
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sfhowes
sfhowes
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There are add-ons that store frequent snippets, such as:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/standardtexter/

and symbols and special characters are easily accessed from the built in Windows utility: Windowskey+.

The clipboard is also useful: Windowskey+V

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