Typing ellipses (...) in Word 2000 forms
And the style is different depending on whether there is an end-of-
sentence period in addition to the ellipse, and there are styles that
don't permit four periods even when the ellipse precedes or follows a
sentence-ending period.
On Mar 7, 6:41*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The "proper" use of the ellipsis varies by language. Some typesetters put
spaces before and after, and some snub it entirely, insisting on spaced
periods (using nonbreaking spaces) instead.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
"Twayne" wrote in message
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Hello,
Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000
form (in locked mode) and there is a space preceding the
characters, it automatically deletes. *Do you know how to
correct this? *(I noticed it doesn't happen when they're
typed next to a character without a space in between).
Thank you.
A proper ellipses occurs without a space first; apparently Word knows
that... so the preceding is OK but ... isn't, because that form is usually
used to indicate a missing word, not trailing off to nothing.
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