Typing ellipses (...) in Word 2000 forms

[EM-C]

Hello,
Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000 form (in locked
mode) and there is a space preceding the characters, it automatically
deletes. Do you know how to correct this? (I noticed it doesn't happen when
they're typed next to a character without a space in between). Thank you.

 

[Twayne]

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Hello,
Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000
form (in locked mode) and there is a space preceding the
characters, it automatically deletes. Do you know how to
correct this? (I noticed it doesn't happen when they're
typed next to a character without a space in between).
Thank you.

A proper ellipses occurs without a space first; apparently Word knows
that... so the preceding is OK but ... isn't, because that form is usually
used to indicate a missing word, not trailing off to nothing.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The "proper" use of the ellipsis varies by language. Some typesetters put
spaces before and after, and some snub it entirely, insisting on spaced
periods (using nonbreaking spaces) instead.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

And the style is different depending on whether there is an end-of-
sentence period in addition to the ellipse, and there are styles that
don't permit four periods even when the ellipse precedes or follows a
sentence-ending period.