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- Disable AutoCorrect's automatic capitalization in Word
- Although Microsoft Word's features are often quite useful, sometimes you may find that a feature is superfluous to your task at hand. For instance, if you want to disable Word's automatic capitalization feature in AutoCorrect, this tip will show you how. While Microsoft Word's automatic capitalization feature can ...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Disable AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect tab, automatic capitalization, AutoCorrect Exceptions, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Capitalization, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2005-08-24
Additional Resources
- How to enter symbols using Office AutoCorrect
- AutoCorrect doesn't always get the respect it deserves. Sure, we use it to correct typos, but the feature has more to offer than that. For instance, you can use it to insert frequently used symbols. To insert a symbol, you probably choose Symbol from the Insert menu....
- Tags: Symbol, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Avoid e-mail faux pas with Office AutoCorrect
- This 2 1/2-minute WMV video shows you how AutoCorrect can help you avoid an embarrassing Outlook mistake. Microsoft Word users commonly save time and eliminate mistakes by using AutoCorrect to automatically expand abbreviated text. Even if you don't use Word as your Outlook e-mail editor, you can...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., WMV, Video, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Digital Video, E-mail, Microsoft Office, Word Processors, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Download resources 2006-05-26
- Keep Word from mistakenly changing what you type
- Word can be very handy for correcting mistakes, but sometimes what Word perceives as an error is actually an intentional keystroke. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to keep Word from automatically correcting keystrokes that aren't missteps. You're editing your report and suddenly you notice that Word changed the...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, AutoCorrect, spell checker, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-11-21
- AutoCorrect entries on the move
- You've spent a lot of time tweaking your AutoCorrect entries, and now you're getting a new computer. Don't waste time re-creating your those entries -- just copy them from one system to the other. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Entry, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Set [Tab] to correctly indent your paragraph in Word
- After typing a paragraph in your Word document, you want to indent the first line one inch from the margin, so you press [Tab] and click at the start of the first line. The first line indents to the first default tab setting -- one half inch from the left...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- AutoCorrect in Word 2000 stops working
- My client has Office 2000 Professional. She is using MS Word. She intentionally misspells some words to set them up in AutoCorrect. Then she opens a new document. The AutoCorrect feature works for awhile, but eventually it stops working. There are no error messages as far as I know. Her...
- Tags: Word processors, AutoCorrect, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
- Q&A 2004-10-07
- Office 2003 SP3 breaks AutoCorrect
- The AutoCorrect feature does not work in Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 SP3 This one's making the rounds in the usual places this morning. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- My autocorrect entries in Windows 98
- I had saved a lot of autocorrect entries to my Word 2000. A week back I had to upgrade my computer, I made a backup of .acl file, formated the mechine, installted windows xp and office xp. Now When I want to restore my .acl file to office...
- Tags: adelumer@..., autocorrect entries, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Office 2003 SP3 breaks AutoCorrect
- Office 2003 SP3 and AutoCorrectI updated my Office 2003 to SP3 yesterday. After seeing this note I accomplished some testing and have not been able to validate your claim that SP3 breaks AutoCorrect.RE: Office 2003 SP3 breaks AutoCorrectI updated my Office 2003 to SP3 yesterday. After seeing this note...
- Tags: JLivengood, AutoCorrect, Microsoft Office 2003, SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- AutoCorrect Macro Issues
- I am a neiwbie at this. :)I created an AutoCorrect Macro, which allows me to type an abbreviated letter and it would write the full word for me. Using MS Word 2002. The Original file is about 1,200 KB. I usually insert about 9 to 10 new words a day....
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, bigLramin@..., AutoCorrect Macro
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- Use these three properties to make data entry easier in Access
- Access can be complicated, but with a few tweaks, you can make it a lot more accessible. Here's how to use form control properties in Access. While you can use the Form Wizard to create forms quickly in Access, the forms it produces are not always as user...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, data entry, text control, Microsoft Office Suite Access Tips Newsletter, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-07-18
- Tech Tip: Disable AutoCorrect's automatic capitalization/Adjust text to fit within a cell/Send an e-mail from an Access table
- Disable AutoCorrect's automaticcapitalization While Word's automatic capitalization featurecan come in handy at times, it can often become superfluous. Forexample, if you're entering columns separated by tabs, Wordcapitalizes the first word in each line by default. However, you can disable this AutoCorrectfeature. To turn off...
- Tags: AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect Options, cell, Disable AutoCorrect, e-mail, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word
- Technical articles 2004-08-26
- Avoid e-mail faux pas with Office AutoCorrect
- In this article, I'm going to show you how to avoid embarrassing e-mail faux pas using Microsoft Office's AutoCorrect feature. You can also download a short WMV video, that illustrates the process I describe in this article, from TechRepublic's download section.Sonja Thompson, TechRepublic News Editor and a co-worker, spells her...
- Tags: AutoCorrect, Bill Detwiler, e-mail, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Office AutoCorrect, Sonja, Sonja Thompson
- Technical articles 2006-05-26
- MS WORD (2003) QUERY
- HOW DO YOU AUTO CAPITALISE THE FIRST LETTER IN A BULLETED OR NUMBERED LINE/PARAGRAPH.I SEE THAT SOME WORDS, LIKE PROPER NAMES ARE CAPITALISED RELATIVE TO AUTOCORRECT FEATURE, BUT NOT EVERYDAY WORDS WHEN STARTING A SENTENCE.What version of Office are you using? I have Office XP and do not have...
- Tags: AutoCorrect, Bulleted, elliman@..., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, software
- Q&A 2005-08-25
- Transfer of dictionary Autocorrect from old office to Office 2007
- First of all, forgive my bad English. My question is: I'm a Univ. Professor and I use very often the AutoCorrect function of Word, for the accented words in Portoguese. Now I use Vista/Office 07, and I don't know how to transfer the about 2000 word I have in my...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, comunicazione@..., AutoCorrect, windows, software, save, Microsoft Office 2007, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-02-17
- Tip: Indenting paragraphs in Word
- When typing letters and documents, we distinguish paragraphs in one of two ways: We use a tab character to indent the first line of each paragraph or we insert a blank line between paragraphs. If you're a tabber, you probably forget to hit Tab occasionally. It's not a big deal, but...
- Tags: Microsoft Word
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- MLE InterNet Browser (zip)
- This is a free Internet Browser I made that has anti-virus codes built right in the core. So while you surf, it's the lifeguard. The program has tabs, they are: 1 tab = MSN; #2 tab = Yahoo.com; #3 tab = iGoogle; #4 tab = ask.com; #5 tab = about.com;...
- Tags: Antivirus, Tab, MLE Software, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Avoid e-mail faux pas with Office AutoCorrect
- Microsoft Word users commonly save time and eliminate mistakes by using AutoCorrect to automatically expand abbreviated text. Even if you don't use Word as your Outlook e-mail editor, you can use AutoCorrect to cut down on typing time and catch mistakes Spellcheck misses, or can’t detect. For example, proper names...
- Tags: e-mail, video, AutoCorrect, Microsoft Word, outlook, tips, word, staff, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, Microsoft Office, Office AutoCorrect
- Discussion threads 2006-05-26
- Create and format picture bullets in Word
- incomplete instruction?- so where does autoformat get into it ?One more setting?In Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoFormat As You Type tab, make sure "Automatic bulleted lists" top of right hand list is checked. I think I turned this off because it can get annoying, but I'm not sure.Pictures as BulletsThe...
- Tags: bullet, hardware, info@..., Microsoft Word, picture bullet, SELECT, word
- Discussion threads 2005-09-21
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