Re: Automatic Capitalization



This is by design. See “Word does not capitalize the first letter of a
sentence”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291538

You will have to train your users to use their Shift keys.

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"PA" <PA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We have some users who are creating numbered lists, and are doing a bit of
a
> sloppy job in Word 2002. The question is, when creating such a list, how
can
> I ensure that the first character after each number is uppercase.
>
> They are producing work like:
> 1. This is the first item
> 2. this is the second item
> 3. this is the third item
> 4. This is the last item
> Capitalize the first letter of sentences is turned on in AutoCorrect
Options
> but it does not seem to work in a numbered list.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Paul
>

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