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Problem with automatic-capitals in new line.
I have Word2000 & Windows XP
I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures, textboxes and just plain text. However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off. Please help, Frank |
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:43:19 +1000, "Frank Martin"
wrote: I have Word2000 & Windows XP I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures, textboxes and just plain text. However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off. Please help, Frank Tools AutoCorrect uncheck "Capitalize first letter of sentences". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:43:19 +1000, "Frank Martin" wrote: I have Word2000 & Windows XP I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures, textboxes and just plain text. However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off. Please help, Frank Tools AutoCorrect uncheck "Capitalize first letter of sentences". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Many thanks. |
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Jay has told you how to turn this off, but let me get a little philosophical
with you here. If Word is capitalizing a letter at the beginning of a line, it's because you pressed Enter at the end of the previous line. When you press Enter, you are beginning a new paragraph, and Word quite reasonably assumes that the beginning of a new paragraph is the beginning of a new sentence. There are three ways around this without having to disable the AutoCorrect setting: 1. If your text is continuous and you're pressing Enter at the end of every line out of habit (from being used to using a typewriter), don't! Let Word wrap the text naturally to the next line. This way, if you change the margins, the text will rewrap to the new margins. 2. If you just want to begin a new line within a paragraph (for example, if you're typing poetry or the like), use Shift+Enter, which enters a line break rather than a paragraph break. 3. For the remaining few instances where you do want a new paragraph, but not capitalized (lists, for example, or mathematical formulas or the like), press Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately after the AutoCorrect action to reverse it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Frank Martin" wrote in message ... I have Word2000 & Windows XP I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures, textboxes and just plain text. However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off. Please help, Frank |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Jay has told you how to turn this off, but let me get a little philosophical with you here. If Word is capitalizing a letter at the beginning of a line, it's because you pressed Enter at the end of the previous line. When you press Enter, you are beginning a new paragraph, and Word quite reasonably assumes that the beginning of a new paragraph is the beginning of a new sentence. There are three ways around this without having to disable the AutoCorrect setting: 1. If your text is continuous and you're pressing Enter at the end of every line out of habit (from being used to using a typewriter), don't! Let Word wrap the text naturally to the next line. This way, if you change the margins, the text will rewrap to the new margins. 2. If you just want to begin a new line within a paragraph (for example, if you're typing poetry or the like), use Shift+Enter, which enters a line break rather than a paragraph break. 3. For the remaining few instances where you do want a new paragraph, but not capitalized (lists, for example, or mathematical formulas or the like), press Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately after the AutoCorrect action to reverse it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Frank Martin" wrote in message ... I have Word2000 & Windows XP I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures, textboxes and just plain text. However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off. Please help, Frank Yes, this is where I was getting confused. Thank you for this explanation which I will now print out and stick on to the computer, just in front of my nose. We have had a lot of luck with the labels and I find that the Word2000 is just as good as Publisher for even the most complicated multicolour multi text-boxed labels. Regards and thanks, Frank |
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