How can I stop automatic capitalisation after ? or ! in Word?

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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

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

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

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

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

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You confirm my worst fears! <g> Thanks.

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

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

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all may benefit.
 

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