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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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![]() 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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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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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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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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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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