My friend is a medical transcriptionist and often uses abbreviations or
shorthand (f/u for follow up, o/w for otherwise, etc). Sentences that begin
with one of these abbreviations are not automatically capitalized.

A sample excerpt: “Patient has a throbbing headache. o/w he is feeling
well.” Shouldn’t o/w be capped and appear as O/w? I thought that if we
entered these abbreviations into the custom dictionary, Word would recognize
them as words and would auto cap them but that is not working. Any
suggestions?

See replies to your earlier duplicate question.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"ShelleyRea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C804D7B5-A5A4-4F07-928C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My friend is a medical transcriptionist and often uses abbreviations or
> shorthand (f/u for follow up, o/w for otherwise, etc). Sentences that
> begin
> with one of these abbreviations are not automatically capitalized.
>
> A sample excerpt: “Patient has a throbbing headache. o/w he is feeling
> well.” Shouldn’t o/w be capped and appear as O/w? I thought that if we
> entered these abbreviations into the custom dictionary, Word would
> recognize
> them as words and would auto cap them but that is not working. Any
> suggestions?
>
>

What earlier duplicate question? This is the only post I've made on this site.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> See replies to your earlier duplicate question.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "ShelleyRea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C804D7B5-A5A4-4F07-928C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My friend is a medical transcriptionist and often uses abbreviations or
> > shorthand (f/u for follow up, o/w for otherwise, etc). Sentences that
> > begin
> > with one of these abbreviations are not automatically capitalized.
> >
> > A sample excerpt: “Patient has a throbbing headache. o/w he is feeling
> > well.” Shouldn’t o/w be capped and appear as O/w? I thought that if we
> > entered these abbreviations into the custom dictionary, Word would
> > recognize
> > them as words and would auto cap them but that is not working. Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> >
>
> .
>

I believe you posted a question at the Answers site as well.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"ShelleyRea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:91552F61-43BB-4FB2-8A05-(E-Mail Removed)...
> What earlier duplicate question? This is the only post I've made on this
> site.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> See replies to your earlier duplicate question.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "ShelleyRea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C804D7B5-A5A4-4F07-928C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > My friend is a medical transcriptionist and often uses abbreviations or
>> > shorthand (f/u for follow up, o/w for otherwise, etc). Sentences that
>> > begin
>> > with one of these abbreviations are not automatically capitalized.
>> >
>> > A sample excerpt: “Patient has a throbbing headache. o/w he is feeling
>> > well.” Shouldn’t o/w be capped and appear as O/w? I thought that if we
>> > entered these abbreviations into the custom dictionary, Word would
>> > recognize
>> > them as words and would auto cap them but that is not working. Any
>> > suggestions?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> .
>>
>

Right! Thanks!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> I believe you posted a question at the Answers site as well.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "ShelleyRea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:91552F61-43BB-4FB2-8A05-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > What earlier duplicate question? This is the only post I've made on this
> > site.
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> >> See replies to your earlier duplicate question.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> http://word.mvps.org
> >>
> >> "ShelleyRea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:C804D7B5-A5A4-4F07-928C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > My friend is a medical transcriptionist and often uses abbreviations or
> >> > shorthand (f/u for follow up, o/w for otherwise, etc). Sentences that
> >> > begin
> >> > with one of these abbreviations are not automatically capitalized.
> >> >
> >> > A sample excerpt: “Patient has a throbbing headache. o/w he is feeling
> >> > well.” Shouldn’t o/w be capped and appear as O/w? I thought that if we
> >> > entered these abbreviations into the custom dictionary, Word would
> >> > recognize
> >> > them as words and would auto cap them but that is not working. Any
> >> > suggestions?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >
>
> .
>