capitalize after number

[Snow Bunny]

I work on medical reports. Many times, a sentence will end with a date, like
this:
The patient was seen in consultation on March 20, 2004.

The problem I have is the first letter of the next sentence is never
capitalized unless I press the Shift key:
The patient was seen in consultation on March 20, 2004. he presented as a
....
I would like Word to automatically capitalize the next word, like it does
when a word precedes the period. Is there any setting to have this done
automatically, or is this one of those "flaws" in Word?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could create an autocorrect entry that replaced

.. he

with

.. He

and

.. she

with

.. She

or you could avoid all of the flaws and features of a word processor and go
back to using a typewriter <g>

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Larry]

The only way of know of to get the feature you want is to get a copy of
Word 97. Or to complain enough to MS so that in the next version of Word
they make the AutoCorrect work the way it did in Word 97 before they
changed it.

Larry

 

[Snow Bunny]

Very funny (grumpf, giggle)

You could create an autocorrect entry that replaced
. he
with
. He
and
. she
with
. She
or you could avoid all of the flaws and features of a word processor and go
back to using a typewriter <g>

--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Graham Mayor]

Doug is basically correct. We are getting bone idle when it comes to such
functions, and rely on them far too much. That's why you have a shift key on
your keyboard. If this is a major issue for you, perhaps through disability,
then you could always use a simple replacement macro eg

Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "[0-9]. [a-z]"
.Replacement.Text = "^&"
.Replacement.Font.AllCaps = True
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll

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[Larry]

If you're interested, I could give you a macro that toggles the
capitalization of the first word of the current sentence. That way, if
you fail to capitalize the first word when you initially type it, you
can correct it with one simple keystroke instead of having to move the
cursor back to the start of the sentence and changing the letter from
there.

Larry