Problem with automatic-capitals in new line.

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Frank Martin

I have Word2000 & Windows XP
I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures,
textboxes and just plain text.

However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the
beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off.

Please help, Frank
 
I have Word2000 & Windows XP
I make labels by using tables, and in these table cells I use pictures,
textboxes and just plain text.

However I get the annoying property of an automatic capital letter at the
beginning of each new line, and I don't know how to switch this off.

Please help, Frank
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Tools > AutoCorrect > uncheck "Capitalize first letter of sentences".
 
Jay has told you how to turn this off, but let me get a little philosophical
with you here. If Word is capitalizing a letter at the beginning of a line,
it's because you pressed Enter at the end of the previous line. When you
press Enter, you are beginning a new paragraph, and Word quite reasonably
assumes that the beginning of a new paragraph is the beginning of a new
sentence. There are three ways around this without having to disable the
AutoCorrect setting:

1. If your text is continuous and you're pressing Enter at the end of every
line out of habit (from being used to using a typewriter), don't! Let Word
wrap the text naturally to the next line. This way, if you change the
margins, the text will rewrap to the new margins.

2. If you just want to begin a new line within a paragraph (for example, if
you're typing poetry or the like), use Shift+Enter, which enters a line
break rather than a paragraph break.

3. For the remaining few instances where you do want a new paragraph, but
not capitalized (lists, for example, or mathematical formulas or the like),
press Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately after the AutoCorrect action to reverse it.

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

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Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Jay has told you how to turn this off, but let me get a little
philosophical
with you here. If Word is capitalizing a letter at the beginning of a
line,
it's because you pressed Enter at the end of the previous line. When you
press Enter, you are beginning a new paragraph, and Word quite reasonably
assumes that the beginning of a new paragraph is the beginning of a new
sentence. There are three ways around this without having to disable the
AutoCorrect setting:

1. If your text is continuous and you're pressing Enter at the end of
every
line out of habit (from being used to using a typewriter), don't! Let Word
wrap the text naturally to the next line. This way, if you change the
margins, the text will rewrap to the new margins.

2. If you just want to begin a new line within a paragraph (for example,
if
you're typing poetry or the like), use Shift+Enter, which enters a line
break rather than a paragraph break.

3. For the remaining few instances where you do want a new paragraph, but
not capitalized (lists, for example, or mathematical formulas or the
like),
press Ctrl+Z (Undo) immediately after the AutoCorrect action to reverse
it.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.
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Yes, this is where I was getting confused.

Thank you for this explanation which I will now print out and stick on to
the computer, just in front of my nose.

We have had a lot of luck with the labels and I find that the Word2000 is
just as good as Publisher for even the most complicated multicolour multi
text-boxed labels.

Regards and thanks, Frank
 
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