The problem with your solution is that three period characters are not glued
together. There's nothing to stop them from breaking apart as they are three
characters and not one character like a real ellipse. You either need to use
a non-breaking spaces between them and adjust the character spacing (as I
suggested) or a zero width non-breaking space between them.

Terry

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
news : Terry,
:
: Thanks for the suggestion. As per above reply, 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 (most of
my stuff
: goes out as text in inclusions).
:
: I wonder if Word would make up a new, un-text-exportable character from
the curve
: ball thrown by your custom design, or do you think text export would
accept the odd
: spacing? I may yet have to try it.
:
: Many thanks!
:
: Travis
:
:
: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: To follow on...
:
: to make your own ellipsis, enter a stop, a non-breaking space
: (Ctrl+Shift+Space), a stop, a non-breaking space and a final stop. It is
too
: wide now, so select the ellipsis and use Format, Font and adjust the
: character spacing to say -0.5pt. This will reduce the spacing until it
looks
: more like an ellipsis. Adjust the character spacing until it looks as
you
: want. Now select it and save it as an AutoText entry or even replace the
: AutoCorrect entry for the ellipsis with it.
:
: --
: Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: http://word.mvps.org/
:
: "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: ...
: : Hi, All,
: :
: : Does anyone know how to get a tri-dot "ellipsis" with three periods
....
: : without Word 2000 changing it into its own, non-text-exportable (and
: miserably
: : small) _character_ for ellipsis ...?
: :
: : I have no idea what will be displayed, but perhaps you've encountered
the
: : phenomenon. Using a period with a space in between each of the three
will
: preserve a
: : true ellipsis, but then it's too big.
: :
: : "ellipsis" is in the Help index, even a key word, but all I get on
: selecting it is
: : info on tab stops!
: :
: : Many thanks,
: :
: : Travis
: :
: :
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