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WilliamWMeyer WilliamWMeyer is offline
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Default Subtle autoformatting behavior?

I've been moving bits of text around in a document I'm doing cleanup on, and
I noticed that Word automatically inserts a space after a comma. I don't
mind that Word does this, but I like to know where and how such behavior
could be turned off if I decided I didn't like it. I looked at the various
"auto" options and tried to search in Help (on "comma"?) but couldn't find
this covered. Anyone know?

And, in a broader context, does anyone know of any reference (book, website)
that takes a philosophical/comprehensive approach to navigating the waters
of Word customization? For example, I mostly work on .docs created by other
people, I'm often unsure of whether idiosyncratic formatting/customization
is coming from local documents (strangely behaving paragraph returns, for
instance) or whether I turned something on or off several projects ago.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for being open-ended or vague in my questions.
--WilliamW


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Default Subtle autoformatting behavior?

This undoubtedly comes under the general rubric of "Smart cut and paste"
(Tools | Options | Edit).

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"WilliamWMeyer" wrote in message
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I've been moving bits of text around in a document I'm doing cleanup on,

and
I noticed that Word automatically inserts a space after a comma. I don't
mind that Word does this, but I like to know where and how such behavior
could be turned off if I decided I didn't like it. I looked at the various
"auto" options and tried to search in Help (on "comma"?) but couldn't find
this covered. Anyone know?

And, in a broader context, does anyone know of any reference (book,

website)
that takes a philosophical/comprehensive approach to navigating the waters
of Word customization? For example, I mostly work on .docs created by

other
people, I'm often unsure of whether idiosyncratic formatting/customization
is coming from local documents (strangely behaving paragraph returns, for
instance) or whether I turned something on or off several projects ago.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for being open-ended or vague in my

questions.
--WilliamW



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Default Subtle autoformatting behavior?

Thanks, Suzanne. I figured it out 5 minutes after I sent my message.
--WilliamW

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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This undoubtedly comes under the general rubric of "Smart cut and paste"
(Tools | Options | Edit).

--
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.

"WilliamWMeyer" wrote in message
...
I've been moving bits of text around in a document I'm doing cleanup on,

and
I noticed that Word automatically inserts a space after a comma. I don't
mind that Word does this, but I like to know where and how such behavior
could be turned off if I decided I didn't like it. I looked at the
various
"auto" options and tried to search in Help (on "comma"?) but couldn't
find
this covered. Anyone know?

And, in a broader context, does anyone know of any reference (book,

website)
that takes a philosophical/comprehensive approach to navigating the
waters
of Word customization? For example, I mostly work on .docs created by

other
people, I'm often unsure of whether idiosyncratic
formatting/customization
is coming from local documents (strangely behaving paragraph returns, for
instance) or whether I turned something on or off several projects ago.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for being open-ended or vague in my

questions.
--WilliamW





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