I find Word's automatic capitalisation of the next letter after ? or ! to be
something of a nuisance when they are not at the end of a sentence. (I write
fiction, and therefore quite often describe my characters' thoughts, which
may end with a question mark or exclamation mark, but that won't be the end
of the sentence. E.g. I wonder where that came from? thought John. However,
the 'exceptions' list will not accept either mark. I would prefer to keep
automatic capitalisation on, as occasionally I forget to use the shift key

If you punctuate properly by using quotes for speech then the problem
doesn't arise:

"I wonder where that came from?" thought John

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Bystander wrote:
I find Word's automatic capitalisation of the next letter after ? or
! to be something of a nuisance when they are not at the end of a
sentence. (I write fiction, and therefore quite often describe my
characters' thoughts, which may end with a question mark or
exclamation mark, but that won't be the end of the sentence. E.g. I
wonder where that came from? thought John. However, the 'exceptions'
list will not accept either mark. I would prefer to keep automatic
capitalisation on, as occasionally I forget to use the shift key

Interior monologues are more often denoted with italics rather than
quotation marks in fiction.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
If you punctuate properly by using quotes for speech then the problem
doesn't arise:

"I wonder where that came from?" thought John

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Bystander wrote:
I find Word's automatic capitalisation of the next letter after ? or
! to be something of a nuisance when they are not at the end of a
sentence. (I write fiction, and therefore quite often describe my
characters' thoughts, which may end with a question mark or
exclamation mark, but that won't be the end of the sentence. E.g. I
wonder where that came from? thought John. However, the 'exceptions'
list will not accept either mark. I would prefer to keep automatic
capitalisation on, as occasionally I forget to use the shift key

If you leave autocapitalization enabled, then you have no choice but to Undo
(Ctrl+Z) after each unwanted autocorrection.

--
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.

"Bystander" wrote in message
...
I find Word's automatic capitalisation of the next letter after ? or ! to
be
something of a nuisance when they are not at the end of a sentence. (I
write
fiction, and therefore quite often describe my characters' thoughts, which
may end with a question mark or exclamation mark, but that won't be the
end
of the sentence. E.g. I wonder where that came from? thought John.
However,
the 'exceptions' list will not accept either mark. I would prefer to keep
automatic capitalisation on, as occasionally I forget to use the shift key

You confirm my worst fears! g Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you leave autocapitalization enabled, then you have no choice but to Undo
(Ctrl+Z) after each unwanted autocorrection.

--
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.

"Bystander" wrote in message
...
I find Word's automatic capitalisation of the next letter after ? or ! to
be
something of a nuisance when they are not at the end of a sentence. (I
write
fiction, and therefore quite often describe my characters' thoughts, which
may end with a question mark or exclamation mark, but that won't be the
end
of the sentence. E.g. I wonder where that came from? thought John.
However,
the 'exceptions' list will not accept either mark. I would prefer to keep
automatic capitalisation on, as occasionally I forget to use the shift key