Is there a complete specification for Word 2003?

[Guest]

Is there a complete specification for Word 2003?

I am going over an Office 2003 textbook in preparation for teaching a class
and I am finding a lot of little things that are not in Word help or even the
"Inside Out" book.

For example, the Match Case check box in the Find and Replace dialog box not
only limits the matching text to match the exact case of the text in the Find
what box, it also forces the case of the replacement text to match that of
the text in the replace with box.

I couldn't find this in any doc.

Is there a really complete Word 2003 document or book somewhere?

 

[Tony Jollans]

I guess the short answer is No - at least not publicly available.

There is lots that is not in help but it does have the basics and much
beyond. I can't speak for books I'm afraid - the only one I have was a gift
from the author - but I can pretty much guarantee there isn't one book which
has it all and there is probably some stuff not in any books.

As for your specific example, in the absence of specific information (in
situ) to the contrary isn't that what you would expect?

 

[Guest]

Hi Tony:

The part I didn't expect is that if you replace an all-caps abbreviation
with the spelled out phrase and don't check Match case, the entire phrase is
pasted all caps even if the phrase was not all caps in the Replace with box.

Mike

 

[Tony Jollans]

Hi Mike,

OK - I'll allow that isn't the most obviously expected (or even normally
wanted) behaviour

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could have copied the replace phrase to the clipboard and replaced your
text with ^c. This wouldn't change the case of the inserted text.

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