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Default Stop Word from capitalizing new lines

Sorry - I wasn't thinking straight :-)

While it is true that AutoCorrections are language-specific, that affects
the explicit list of corrections and not the other options.

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"Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
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There are a couple of possible reasons I can think of::

1. Auto macros don't run against the blank document you get by default

when
you just start Word.

2. AutCorrect is language-specific so setting the options will only affect
the language in effect at the time. Any change - perhaps by having
"automatically detect language" set - will change the set of AutoCorrect
settings in use.

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Setting the AutoCorrect options should work, but there are sometimes
problems that prevent the options from being saved. Of course, it would

be
best to find out what's interfering in your system and fix that. You may

get
some help from
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...eySettings.htm and the

link
in that article to
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...ngMenusEtc.htm. Read the

whole
of both articles before doing anything in the registry.

If the options settings don't hold, the AutoNew and AutoOpen macros

really
are the primary "nail it to the wall" method. The only thing I can think

of
that would interfere with them is having the macro security level set to
High or Very High. That would prevent the macros from running at all. To
check on this, modify the macros to include a MsgBox statement at the
beginning. If the message box doesn't show up, the macro isn't being
executed. If this is the problem, you can use the selfcert.exe program

to
make a digital certificate and sign the macro code (read the Help topics
"Create your own digital certificate" and "Digitally sign a file or

macro
project").

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Todd Michaels wrote:
The question:
- How do I stop Word from capitalizing the first letter of a new
paragraph? (XP, Office/Word 2003) Specifically, this happens on the
very first line of a new document and after hitting the Enter key and
starting a new line (which I understand Word interprets as a
paragraph).

What I've tried:
- Tools Autocorrect Options. That worked for a while, but something
was always causing my settings to revert to a default setting.
- writing macros with lines such as:
With AutoCorrect
.CorrectInitialCaps = False
.CorrectSentenceCaps = False
End With
These macros are set to run automatically when I start a new document
and when I edit an existing document. This worked for quite some time
but recently stopped working. The autocorrect behavior is back.

What I've already seen--several times--when searching for an answer:
- "Ctrl+z after the autocorrection will reverse the capitalization"
Undoing the autocorrection that shouldn't have been performed is
really a workaround for a bug, not a solution.
- "Stop hitting enter at the end of a line; let Word automatically
wrap to the next line."
- "Stop using Word like a typewriter."
I find comments like these to be EXTREMELY unhelpful, and more than a
little condescending. It's really not up to anyone else to tell me
how Word is "supposed" to be used. What I need is a way to tell Word
that "this is how I like to work; these are the settings I want to
use--always; I want you to stop trying to be so helpful and
guessing--incorrectly--what you think I want you to do. If I typed a
word with a lowercase first letter when I meant to start with an
uppercase first letter, I will deal with the repercussions of my
actions on my own."

So. Are there any other suggestions for settings I might examine, or
ways I can poke Word to make it behave the way I've told it to?