To clarify:

1. Deleting the AutoCorrect entry is all that's required. You don't need to
replace it. Replacing three periods with three periods is the same as having
no AutoCorrect entry at all.

2. Word will not break a line after your three periods unless they are
followed by a space, nor will it break a line between the periods unless
there is a space.

3. Word will not capitalize the next word after your three periods unless
they are followed by a space.

4. All the same is true of an ellipsis character (no line breaks, no caps);
moreover, if you press Ctrl+Z to un-correct the AutoCorrection, restoring
the ellipsis to three periods, the effect is the same: no line break, no
caps unless you put a space after the final period.

5. Word does not auto-capitalize after an ellipsis followed by a space,
either, unless the ellipsis is followed by a period (that is, you have typed
four periods, the first three of which have been converted to an ellipsis).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
Daiya,

Ah the confusion is mine. When I read "then AutoCorrect capitalization
fires, and I
think the three dots will
break at lines." I was reading that as the first _causing_ the second, not
two
separate consequences.

I'll investigate turning Auto Cap off or creating an exception.

I only recently turned from 1992 Volkswriter (still runs! but won't print
under XP)
and am a real dummie with Word. What? You can tell?

I was hoping that my new "rule" would create an exception to line
breaking, and,
now, Auto-Cap treating the period as just a period. Hey. There's a "rule"!
"Treat
these three periods as a single character." Just deleting the rule indeed
gets me
what I want, but, apparently, only until it's broken in a line or the
following
letter is capitalized, then I'm back at work struggling to get an
exportable
ellipsis.

'Probably won't work, but I'll find out soon enough.

I shall report my findings to the committee.

Travis



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Hi Travis,
I was able to "re-instruct" auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by
deleting
the
rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced
by three
periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character
What's the point of this new rule? Why not just delete the entry, and
then
when you type three periods, nothing happens. Isn't that what you
wanted?
Whether or not this keeps the auto-cap from
breaking them at lines remains to be seen, but merely deleting the rule
would
almost
surely do so.
One of us is confused. The point about Word's ellipsis is that it will
stay
together, because it is one character. Three periods may or may not
break
at a line (I'm not sure, but I think they will), but the AutoCorrect
entry
for the ellipsis doesn't have anything to do with whether Word uses a
period
as a trigger to wrap a line. Or am I misunderstanding what you say?

Nor is auto-cap relevant to line wrapping. Auto-cap comes into play
because
Word capitalizes any word after a period (unless there is a number
before
the period). It will see your ellipsis as three periods (as it is), and
probably capitalize the next word.

Daiya