How do I stop Word 2003 from changing the Roman Numeral *I* to *l*

[Ann Muskeg]

I am not able to just type the letter *I* in my other computer Word 2003
program without it changing to *l*. How do I fix this?
Thank you.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Are you saying that Word automatically capitalizes i ? That's because
it thinks you mean the word "I," meaning 'me'. That's because it's an
AutoFormat As You Type or an AutoCorrect entry -- to undo it, press
Ctrl-Z as soon as it happens; or if you notice it later, arrow back to
it and a heavy line will appear under it. Click on that line and
choose Undo, or else choose the option that says something like "Don't
capitalize i" (if it's there), or the option that refers to some more
general kind of automatic capitalization, and it won't do it any more.

 

[Jay Freedman]

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:05:03 -0700, Ann Muskeg <Ann

I am not able to just type the letter *I* in my other computer Word 2003
program without it changing to *l*. How do I fix this?
Thank you.

In Word 2003, go to Tools > AutoCorrect Options and look in the list
for one with the "I" in the left column and "l" in the right column.
If you find that entry, click on it and click the Delete button below
the list.

 

[Ann Muskeg]

Thanks for prompt reply Jay.
Unfortunately, I don't have that particular text to replace. The closest I
would have is "i" to "I". Just for kicks, I clicked the "Replace text as you
type" option with that particular text to use and then it okay. When I typed
in "i went to the store", it went right into "l went to the store". Not sure
why this isn't working and appreciate whatever info readers can send along to
correct this. Thanks again.

 

[Jay Freedman]

First, if you didn't see the entry I described, then AutoCorrect isn't
the source of the problem.

Second, if you type a sentence beginning with a lower case character,
there's a separate feature (Capitalize first letter of sentence) that
will change it to upper case. Try turning off that option in the
AutoCorrect dialog.