How do I automactically capitalize after a period?

[Guest]

Sometimes words after a period are capped and sometimes not. I do medical
transcription so have many periods in the body of my typing. I found the
"exception" part but it seems to be the "opposite" of what I need to do. I
have numbered lists and after typing "1." and then a tab, the first word of
my parag. is not capped. Also, sometimes in the body of my typing if a
number is in the sentence before, It won't cap the first word of the next
sentence. Thanks for any help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See the KB article "The first word of paragraph is not automatically
capitalized in a numbered list in Word 2000, in Word 2002, or in Word 2003"
at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884033. I have been in discussion with
the KB authors about the misleading title and incomplete content. Since the
problem occurs in running text as well as in numbered lists (where there is
some justification for it), a better title for the article would be "The
first word of a sentence is not automatically capitalized after a number in
Word 2000, in Word 2002, or in Word 2003." This change was "by design";
unfortunately, the design was not well thought out, and it is very
inconvenient. The standard answer (which is basically what the KBA says) is,
"There are two Shift keys on every keyboard." <g>

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

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