This is probably an indication that the language at the insertion point is
French (or another that causes this formatting). Do they also get guillemets
(« ») when they type double quotes?

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"David L." wrote in message
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Hello,

I have users reporting that when they type the colon symbol, word will
automatically add a space after...
Is this a type of spell check/language problem ?

thanks!
David