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How to stop caps after !
hello,
i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
Have you tried making an exception (Tools | AutoCorrect Options)?
-- 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. "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own
question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation
points. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
Yes, when editing I always trim down multiples too. "Ridiculous!!!!!"
exclaim some authors... Mind you, I usually cant bother with people who never use caps grammatically but i suspect i am fiting a losing battle i'm the first to admit though that grammar and spelling is merely convention but the commonality of it improves readability. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation points. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
But if you want to write, "The problem, alas!, is..." you don't want caps.
Or if you're writing about Yahoo! or the stage play Oklahoma! or any of the other titles that end in exclamation marks... -- 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. "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
Fair enough.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But if you want to write, "The problem, alas!, is..." you don't want caps. Or if you're writing about Yahoo! or the stage play Oklahoma! or any of the other titles that end in exclamation marks... -- 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. "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
hi suzanne,
yep, i tried that before posting the question. the exceptions option does not accept the !. once i type in the !, the "add" button is disabled. i plan to snoop around the registry to see if i can find the exception list. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... : Have you tried making an exception (Tools | AutoCorrect Options)? : : -- : 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. : : "Tracy" wrote in message : ... : hello, : : i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the : letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. : i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. : any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. : : thank you. : -- : : Tracy : * * * * * * * * * * : : : |
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How to stop caps after !
it's not that i hate caps.
in the document in question, it is more of a problem having words after the ! in caps automatically. as for my composing emails in all lower case, it is much easier. perhaps if on an average day i didn't send around 100 emails, i would probably take the time to use proper upper/lower case letters. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * "aalaan" wrote in message ... : Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own : question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of : ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to : be read readily! : : "Tracy" wrote in message : ... : hello, : : i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the : letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. : i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. : any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. : : thank you. : -- : : Tracy : * * * * * * * * * * : : : : |
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How to stop caps after !
that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request.
it's only one ! after one word. if you saw the document, you would understand. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... : I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation : points. : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : ~~~~~ : How to ask a question : http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 : : : : : "aalaan" wrote in message : ... : Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own : question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse : of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer : hopes to be read readily! : : "Tracy" wrote in message : ... : hello, : : i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the : letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. : i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. : any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. : : thank you. : -- : : Tracy : * * * * * * * * * * : : : : : : |
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How to stop caps after !
exactly suzanne.
thank you for "getting it" and not jumping the gun assuming that i don't know what i'm doing. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... : But if you want to write, "The problem, alas!, is..." you don't want caps. : Or if you're writing about Yahoo! or the stage play Oklahoma! or any of the : other titles that end in exclamation marks... : : -- : 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. : : "aalaan" wrote in message : ... : Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own : question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse : of : ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes : to : be read readily! : : "Tracy" wrote in message : ... : hello, : : i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the : letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. : i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will : work. : any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. : : thank you. : -- : : Tracy : * * * * * * * * * * : : : : : |
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How to stop caps after !
As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of the
following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change the case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard search so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different cases, then you will have to search each separately Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter() Dim strFind As String On Error GoTo UserCancelled: strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _ & vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _ & vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _ "Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word") If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled: strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]" Selection.Find.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _ Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _ MatchWildcards:=True) = True With Selection .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _ Extend:=wdExtend .Range.Case = wdLowerCase End With Loop End With UserCancelled: End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tracy wrote: that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request. it's only one ! after one word. if you saw the document, you would understand. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation points. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
Oops! 'change the case of any word that you enter in the dialog box' should
read change the case of any word 'which follows that you enter in the dialog box' -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of the following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change the case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard search so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different cases, then you will have to search each separately Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter() Dim strFind As String On Error GoTo UserCancelled: strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _ & vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _ & vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _ "Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word") If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled: strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]" Selection.Find.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _ Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _ MatchWildcards:=True) = True With Selection .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _ Extend:=wdExtend .Range.Case = wdLowerCase End With Loop End With UserCancelled: End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm Tracy wrote: that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request. it's only one ! after one word. if you saw the document, you would understand. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation points. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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If it's a single word followed by an exclamation point, then it should be
possible to enter that word as an exception. -- 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. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of the following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change the case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard search so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different cases, then you will have to search each separately Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter() Dim strFind As String On Error GoTo UserCancelled: strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _ & vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _ & vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _ "Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word") If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled: strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]" Selection.Find.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _ Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _ MatchWildcards:=True) = True With Selection .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _ Extend:=wdExtend .Range.Case = wdLowerCase End With Loop End With UserCancelled: End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tracy wrote: that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request. it's only one ! after one word. if you saw the document, you would understand. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation points. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "aalaan" wrote in message ... Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to be read readily! "Tracy" wrote in message ... hello, i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * |
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How to stop caps after !
thank you graham,
i will give it a try. -- Tracy * * * * * * * * * * "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... : As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of the : following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change the : case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an : exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line : break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the : Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The : macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard search : so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different : cases, then you will have to search each separately : : Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter() : Dim strFind As String : On Error GoTo UserCancelled: : strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _ : & vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _ : & vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _ : "Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word") : If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled: : strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]" : Selection.Find.ClearFormatting : With Selection.Find : Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _ : Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _ : MatchWildcards:=True) = True : With Selection : .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 : .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _ : Extend:=wdExtend : .Range.Case = wdLowerCase : End With : Loop : End With : UserCancelled: : End Sub : : http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm : : -- : : Graham Mayor - Word MVP : : My web site www.gmayor.com : Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org : : : Tracy wrote: : that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request. : it's only one ! after one word. : if you saw the document, you would understand. : : : "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message : ... : I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of : exclamation points. : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : ~~~~~ : How to ask a question : http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 : : : : : "aalaan" wrote in message : ... : Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your : own question would be much more readable if you had used them. : Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- : surely a writer hopes to be read readily! : : "Tracy" wrote in message : ... : hello, : : i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not : want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap. : i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that : will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. : : thank you. : -- : : Tracy : * * * * * * * * * * : : |
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"Tracy" wrote in message ... .. ... as for my composing emails in all lower case, it is much easier. perhaps if on an average day i didn't send around 100 emails, i would probably take the time to use proper upper/lower case letters. Understood, but IMHO not using caps markedly reduces the ease of reading, and therefore it increases the effort made by the reader. If you accept that, it follows that as you are busy you save time at the expense of the readers, who may also be busy! This is like voicemail menus. The customer has to plough through them, wasting time listening to inumerable messages, in order that the supplier can save *his* time and money on staff! Regulars know well enough my feeling against the "i" syndrome, and that is the reason. |
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Not to mention the fact that the Shift key & the character key are used
simultaneously, so there really isn't any more "time" involved in using proper case structure... As well as 'reasonably' appropriate punctuation. How much time might be lost due to a recipient *not* being willing or able to interpret the communication? Or wasted as a result of an errant response due to their misunderstanding? Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 12/31/06 1:11 PM, in article , "aalaan" wrote: "Tracy" wrote in message ... . .. as for my composing emails in all lower case, it is much easier. perhaps if on an average day i didn't send around 100 emails, i would probably take the time to use proper upper/lower case letters. Understood, but IMHO not using caps markedly reduces the ease of reading, and therefore it increases the effort made by the reader. If you accept that, it follows that as you are busy you save time at the expense of the readers, who may also be busy! This is like voicemail menus. The customer has to plough through them, wasting time listening to inumerable messages, in order that the supplier can save *his* time and money on staff! Regulars know well enough my feeling against the "i" syndrome, and that is the reason. |
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