How to stop caps after !

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Tracy

hello,

i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the
letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will work.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thank you.
 
Have you tried making an exception (Tools | AutoCorrect Options)?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own
question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse of
! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes to
be read readily!
 
Yes, when editing I always trim down multiples too. "Ridiculous!!!!!"
exclaim some authors... Mind you, I usually cant bother with people who
never use caps grammatically but i suspect i am fiting a losing battle i'm
the first to admit though that grammar and spelling is merely convention but
the commonality of it improves readability.

JoAnn Paules said:
I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation
points.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




aalaan said:
Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own
question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse
of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer
hopes to be read readily!
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But if you want to write, "The problem, alas!, is..." you don't want caps.
Or if you're writing about Yahoo! or the stage play Oklahoma! or any of the
other titles that end in exclamation marks...

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Fair enough.

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
But if you want to write, "The problem, alas!, is..." you don't want caps.
Or if you're writing about Yahoo! or the stage play Oklahoma! or any of
the
other titles that end in exclamation marks...

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

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so
all may benefit.
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hi suzanne,

yep, i tried that before posting the question.
the exceptions option does not accept the !.
once i type in the !, the "add" button is disabled.
i plan to snoop around the registry to see if i can find the exception list.
thank you.
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Tracy
* * * * * * * * * *

: Have you tried making an exception (Tools | AutoCorrect Options)?
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
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: all may benefit.
:
: : > hello,
: >
: > i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the
: > letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
: > i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will
work.
: > any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
: >
: > thank you.
: > --
: >
: > Tracy
: > * * * * * * * * * *
: >
: >
:
 
it's not that i hate caps.
in the document in question, it is more of a problem having words after the
! in caps automatically.

as for my composing emails in all lower case, it is much easier.
perhaps if on an average day i didn't send around 100 emails, i would
probably take the time to use proper upper/lower case letters.


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Tracy
* * * * * * * * * *

: Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own
: question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse
of
: ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes
to
: be read readily!
:
: : > hello,
: >
: > i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want the
: > letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
: > i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will
work.
: > any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
: >
: > thank you.
: > --
: >
: > Tracy
: > * * * * * * * * * *
: >
: >
:
:
 
that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request.
it's only one ! after one word.
if you saw the document, you would understand.

--


Tracy
* * * * * * * * * *

: I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of exclamation
: points.
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
: ~~~~~
: How to ask a question
: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
:
:
:
:
: : > Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own
: > question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse
: > of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer
: > hopes to be read readily!
: >
: > : >> hello,
: >>
: >> i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want
the
: >> letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
: >> i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will
work.
: >> any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
: >>
: >> thank you.
: >> --
: >>
: >> Tracy
: >> * * * * * * * * * *
: >>
: >>
: >
: >
:
:
 
exactly suzanne.
thank you for "getting it" and not jumping the gun assuming that i don't
know what i'm doing.

--

Tracy
* * * * * * * * * *

: But if you want to write, "The problem, alas!, is..." you don't want caps.
: Or if you're writing about Yahoo! or the stage play Oklahoma! or any of
the
: other titles that end in exclamation marks...
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
: all may benefit.
:
: : > Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your own
: > question would be much more readable if you had used them. Also, overuse
: of
: > ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here -- surely a writer hopes
: to
: > be read readily!
: >
: > : > > hello,
: > >
: > > i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not want
the
: > > letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
: > > i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that will
: work.
: > > any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
: > >
: > > thank you.
: > > --
: > >
: > > Tracy
: > > * * * * * * * * * *
: > >
: > >
: >
: >
:
 
As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of the
following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change the
case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an
exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line
break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the
Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The
macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard search
so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different
cases, then you will have to search each separately

Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter()
Dim strFind As String
On Error GoTo UserCancelled:
strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _
& vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _
& vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _
"Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word")
If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled:
strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]"
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _
Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=True) = True
With Selection
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _
Extend:=wdExtend
.Range.Case = wdLowerCase
End With
Loop
End With
UserCancelled:
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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My web site www.gmayor.com

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that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request.
it's only one ! after one word.
if you saw the document, you would understand.


JoAnn Paules said:
I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of
exclamation points.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




aalaan said:
Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your
own question would be much more readable if you had used them.
Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here --
surely a writer hopes to be read readily!

hello,

i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not
want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that
will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Oops! 'change the case of any word that you enter in the dialog box' should
read change the case of any word 'which follows that you enter in the dialog
box'

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Graham said:
As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case
of the following letter to lower case using a macro. The following
will change the case of any word that you enter in the dialog box
which is followed by an exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a
paragraph mark or a line break. If there are any other possibilities
they can be added. Enter the Word *without the exclamation mark* in
the dialog box when prompted. The macro will insert the exclamation
mark. This function uses a wildcard search so the chosen Word will be
case sensitive. If it is spelled with different cases, then you will
have to search each separately
Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter()
Dim strFind As String
On Error GoTo UserCancelled:
strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _
& vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _
& vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _
"Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word")
If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled:
strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]"
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _
Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=True) = True
With Selection
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _
Extend:=wdExtend
.Range.Case = wdLowerCase
End With
Loop
End With
UserCancelled:
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request.
it's only one ! after one word.
if you saw the document, you would understand.


JoAnn Paules said:
I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of
exclamation points.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your
own question would be much more readable if you had used them.
Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here --
surely a writer hopes to be read readily!

hello,

i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not
want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that
will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
If it's a single word followed by an exclamation point, then it should be
possible to enter that word as an exception.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Graham Mayor said:
As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of the
following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change the
case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an
exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line
break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the
Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The
macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard search
so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different
cases, then you will have to search each separately

Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter()
Dim strFind As String
On Error GoTo UserCancelled:
strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _
& vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _
& vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _
"Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word")
If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled:
strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]"
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _
Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=True) = True
With Selection
.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _
Extend:=wdExtend
.Range.Case = wdLowerCase
End With
Loop
End With
UserCancelled:
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request.
it's only one ! after one word.
if you saw the document, you would understand.


JoAnn Paules said:
I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of
exclamation points.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your
own question would be much more readable if you had used them.
Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here --
surely a writer hopes to be read readily!

hello,

i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not
want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that
will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
thank you graham,
i will give it a try.
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Tracy
* * * * * * * * * *

: As this is only one Word, it will be fairly simple to change the case of
the
: following letter to lower case using a macro. The following will change
the
: case of any word that you enter in the dialog box which is followed by an
: exclamation mark and either a space, a tab, a paragraph mark or a line
: break. If there are any other possibilities they can be added. Enter the
: Word *without the exclamation mark* in the dialog box when prompted. The
: macro will insert the exclamation mark. This function uses a wildcard
search
: so the chosen Word will be case sensitive. If it is spelled with different
: cases, then you will have to search each separately
:
: Sub ChangeCaseOfNextLetter()
: Dim strFind As String
: On Error GoTo UserCancelled:
: strFind = InputBox("Enter the word to be searched for." _
: & vbCr & "Omit the exclamation mark." _
: & vbCr & vbCr & "NOTE: Search is case sensitive.", _
: "Change following letter to Upper case", "Replace this with the word")
: If strFind = "" Then GoTo UserCancelled:
: strFind = strFind & "\![ ^13^l^t]{1,}[A-Z]"
: Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
: With Selection.Find
: Do While .Execute(findText:=strFind, _
: Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True, _
: MatchWildcards:=True) = True
: With Selection
: .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
: .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, _
: Extend:=wdExtend
: .Range.Case = wdLowerCase
: End With
: Loop
: End With
: UserCancelled:
: End Sub
:
: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
:
: --
: <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
: Graham Mayor - Word MVP
:
: My web site www.gmayor.com
:
: <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
:
: Tracy wrote:
: > that's fine, but i am doing this at the clients request.
: > it's only one ! after one word.
: > if you saw the document, you would understand.
: >
: >
: > : >> I've learned to delete anything that has an overabundance of
: >> exclamation points.
: >>
: >> --
: >>
: >> JoAnn Paules
: >> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: >>
: >> ~~~~~
: >> How to ask a question
: >> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >> : >>> Why do you hate caps? They make prose so much more readable. Your
: >>> own question would be much more readable if you had used them.
: >>> Also, overuse of ! reduces readability. I'm not being funny here --
: >>> surely a writer hopes to be read readily!
: >>>
: >>> : >>>> hello,
: >>>>
: >>>> i am creating a document that will have a lot of ! and i do not
: >>>> want the letter after the ! to automatically be a cap.
: >>>> i've look at the auto correct options, but do not see one that
: >>>> will work. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
: >>>>
: >>>> thank you.
: >>>> --
: >>>>
: >>>> Tracy
: >>>> * * * * * * * * * *
:
:
 
..
...> as for my composing emails in all lower case, it is much easier.
perhaps if on an average day i didn't send around 100 emails, i would
probably take the time to use proper upper/lower case letters.
Click to expand...

Understood, but IMHO not using caps markedly reduces the ease of reading,
and therefore it increases the effort made by the reader. If you accept
that, it follows that as you are busy you save time at the expense of the
readers, who may also be busy! This is like voicemail menus. The customer
has to plough through them, wasting time listening to inumerable messages,
in order that the supplier can save *his* time and money on staff! Regulars
know well enough my feeling against the "i" syndrome, and that is the
reason.
 
Not to mention the fact that the Shift key & the character key are used
simultaneously, so there really isn't any more "time" involved in using
proper case structure... As well as 'reasonably' appropriate punctuation.

How much time might be lost due to a recipient *not* being willing or able
to interpret the communication? Or wasted as a result of an errant response
due to their misunderstanding?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
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