Gotcha! Weird though because an ellipsis looks OK to me in virtually all
fonts. All I can only guess that Travis is used to seeing an ellipsis in a
non-proportional font (which looks ugly to me).
Terry
:I don't believe he intends to have any spaces between them. That was the
: point. If he were typing three spaced periods, they would not be converted
: to an ellipsis.
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: "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: : > The problem with your solution is that three period characters are not
: glued
: > together. There's nothing to stop them from breaking apart as they are
: three
: > characters and not one character like a real ellipse. You either need to
: use
: > a non-breaking spaces between them and adjust the character spacing (as
I
: > suggested) or a zero width non-breaking space between them.
: >
: > Terry
: >
: > "Travis" <travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net> wrote in message
: > : > : Terry,
: > :
: > : Thanks for the suggestion. As per above reply, I was able to
: > "re-instruct"
: > : auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by deleting the
: > : rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced
by
: > three
: > : periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character (most
: of
: > my stuff
: > : goes out as text in inclusions).
: > :
: > : I wonder if Word would make up a new, un-text-exportable character
from
: > the curve
: > : ball thrown by your custom design, or do you think text export would
: > accept the odd
: > : spacing? I may yet have to try it.
: > :
: > : Many thanks!
: > :
: > : Travis
: > :
: > :
: > : "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: > : : > : > To follow on...
: > : >
: > : > to make your own ellipsis, enter a stop, a non-breaking space
: > : > (Ctrl+Shift+Space), a stop, a non-breaking space and a final stop.
It
: is
: > too
: > : > wide now, so select the ellipsis and use Format, Font and adjust the
: > : > character spacing to say -0.5pt. This will reduce the spacing until
it
: > looks
: > : > more like an ellipsis. Adjust the character spacing until it looks
as
: > you
: > : > want. Now select it and save it as an AutoText entry or even replace
: the
: > : > AutoCorrect entry for the ellipsis with it.
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: > : >
http://word.mvps.org/
: > : >
: > : > "Travis" <travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net> wrote in message
: > : > : > : > : Hi, All,
: > : > :
: > : > : Does anyone know how to get a tri-dot "ellipsis" with three
periods
: > ...
: > : > : without Word 2000 changing it into its own, non-text-exportable
(and
: > : > miserably
: > : > : small) _character_ for ellipsis ...?
: > : > :
: > : > : I have no idea what will be displayed, but perhaps you've
: encountered
: > the
: > : > : phenomenon. Using a period with a space in between each of the
three
: > will
: > : > preserve a
: > : > : true ellipsis, but then it's too big.
: > : > :
: > : > : "ellipsis" is in the Help index, even a key word, but all I get on
: > : > selecting it is
: > : > : info on tab stops!
: > : > :
: > : > : Many thanks,
: > : > :
: > : > : Travis
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : >
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
: