Add formatting to auto-correct?

[Ken Isaacson]

Word 2K3

Is there a way to put formatting into an auto-correct entry.

Specifically, I want an elipsis to automatically include (I'm not sure what
they're called) the special "spaces" that won't be separated. (They're
created by <ctrl><shift><space>, and that way the three periods in the
elipsis won't separate at the end of a line.)

Right now, I have to do that manually, and I'd like to be able to his
period, space, period, space, period. (Yes, I know I don't need spaces
between the dots, but I don't like the way that looks.)

Many thanks.
Ken

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Should be. You'll need to copy the entry into the AutoCorrect box (using
Control-C, not the menu), instead of typing it in. There is a radio button
for "formatted text" but I do not think non-breaking spaces (the technical
name) count as formatted text. Be sure to delete or edit Word's existing
entry for three periods.

By the way, Find & Replace after the fact would also have been quicker than
manually, though you might have needed to copy Word's ellipsis into the F&R
box as well.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is there some reason you prefer this to Word's automatic correction of ...
to an ellipsis character (…)?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Ken Isaacson]

The dot's in the auto correct version are too close together for my taste.
I want them spaced out. Just my taste, is all.

 

[Guest]

Hi Ken, I just copied with (with the 'hard spaces') and replaced the existing
.... in auto correct - works fine - in Word 2000 at least. Cheers. Jazz