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Typing ellipses (...) in Word 2000 forms
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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. |
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EM-C typed: 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. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |
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Typing ellipses (...) in Word 2000 forms
In , EM-C typed: 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. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |
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Typing ellipses (...) in Word 2000 forms
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Twayne" wrote in message ... In , EM-C typed: 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. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |
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Typing ellipses (...) in Word 2000 forms
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Twayne" wrote in message ... In , EM-C typed: 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. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |
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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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Twayne" wrote in message ... , EM-C typed: 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. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.- |
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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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Twayne" wrote in message ... , EM-C typed: 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. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.- |
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