OFF97: AutoCorrect Does Not Allow Multiple Word Exceptions

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Access 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the AutoCorrect feature provided in the products listed at the beginning of this article, you are unable to add an exception that consists of more than one word.

STATUS

This is by design in Microsoft Office 97 programs.

MORE INFORMATION

With AutoCorrect, you can choose to automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word in each sentence. For example, if you type "this is a test.", AutoCorrect changes this to "This is a test." so that the first letter of the sentence is capitalized.

Also with AutoCorrect, you can choose to automatically change two consecutive uppercase letters in a word, so that the second uppercase letter becomes a lowercase letter. For example, if you type "HEllo", AutoCorrect changes this to "Hello" automatically.

You can create exceptions to prevent automatic capitalization of any word typed after a specific abbreviation or to prevent automatic case correction of a word that contains a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters. However, each exception that you add must be a single word; an individual exception cannot be more than one word.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q154958
   TITLE     : XL97: AutoCorrect may not Capitalize First Word in Sentence

REFERENCES

For more information about AutoCorrect, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

   autocorrect