How to italic certain words

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Lamb Chop

I want to change "et al" to italic for the whole docuemnt

For example, Peters et al change to Peters <i>et al </i>

The "replace" function does not have any have format.

I use office2k.

Thanks
 
Lamb said:
I want to change "et al" to italic for the whole docuemnt

For example, Peters et al change to Peters <i>et al </i>

The "replace" function does not have any have format.

I use office2k.

Thanks
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Find, Replace, then click on "more", at the bottom of the "find and
replace" dialog box there is a button titled "format".

hope that helps.
 
Thanks jils, it works.

:-)




jils said:
Find, Replace, then click on "more", at the bottom of the "find and
replace" dialog box there is a button titled "format".

hope that helps.
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Search for et al
replace with ^& - press CTRL+I with the cursor in the replace box.

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If you italicize "et al.," be sure to include the period in the italics. But
note that there's no good reason for italicizing "et al." any more than,
say, "etc."

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It was my Ph.D. thesis. The usual practice is to put "et al" for quoting
other people's works. "etc" will not be acceptable by the uni.


Thanks Suzanne
 
I was not suggesting that you substitute "etc." for "et al." My point was
that "et al." is a common abbreviation in English, just as common as "etc."
and consequently does not need to be italicized. I would have thought that
someone who is earning a Ph.D. (in any subject) would be a better reader.

I would also hope that a doctoral candidate would have a better
understanding of the use of "et al." than "The usual practice is to put 'et
al' for quoting other people's works." The correct use of "et al." (again,
note the required period; the phrase is an abbreviation of "et alii,"
meaning "and others") is as a substitute for the names of additional authors
when there are more than a prescribed number (the number varying depending
on the style you are following). Generally, up to three authors are named in
full; when there are four or more, "et al." comes into play.

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Suzanne said:
I was not suggesting that you substitute "etc." for "et al." My point was
that "et al." is a common abbreviation in English, just as common as "etc."
and consequently does not need to be italicized. I would have thought that
someone who is earning a Ph.D. (in any subject) would be a better reader.
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I thought it was common to italicise any latin word or phrase. Maybe
that's fallen into disuse!
 
Not ones in common use, no. Most style manuals discourage use of, say, op.
cit. and ibid. at all, but when they are used, they need not be italicized.

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Thanks Suzanne
I have to admit other than I did some experiments that nobody did it before,
I am no better than any body in many ways especially in English.

good to learn something everyday, thanks again

LambChop
 
Okay, sorry. I didn't realize English was not your first language--guess
you're better at it than you think!

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Hey Lamb Chop,

First - I loved you as a child. How's Sherry?

Second - Adopt my personal philosophy: "If you learn something new at work,
you get to leave early."

Have a great Friday!

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