RE: No auto capitalization following sentence ending in a number.

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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:26:43 GMT

I don't think this is a bug. I think this may have been done on purpose because numbers followed by
periods can often precede items in numbered lists. For example:

1. carrots
2. beans
3. corn

Debbie

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>Hi Debbie,
>It looks to me like you've found a bug. Interestingly if
>you add two letters after a number you can finally get it
>to capitalize automatically (not that this helps you,
>it's just interesting). I'll try to find who to report
>the bug to, but I'm afraid that I don't think there's a
>way to solve the problem for you at this point.
>
>You could try to rig something using autocorrect, but it
>might be kind of messy.
>
>Thanks!
>E.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>I am using Word 2003 and, though I have checked every
>>control I can find in the autocorrect options, I can not
>>get Word to automatically capitalize the first letter of
>a
>>sentence when it follows a sentence ending with a number
>>then period. (i.e., I get "His total cholesterol level
>>was 220. his lipid-lowering med will be increased.")
>>There are no numbers listed in the "exceptions" area to
>>prevent the capitalization. Any help would be greatly
>>appreciated! Thank you!!! (From a die-hard WordPerfect
>>user)
>>..
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>

Deborah Milam Berkley
Microsoft Natural Language Group

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