OFF97: AutoCorrect Does Not Allow Multiple Word Exceptions (157029)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Access 97
This article was previously published under Q157029

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to add exception text in the AutoCorrect Exception dialog box, the Add button is disabled.

CAUSE

By design, the Add button of the AutoCorrect Exception dialog box will be disabled if you type two or more words separated by spaces.

MORE INFORMATION

With AutoCorrect, you can choose to automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word in each sentence. For example, if you type

this is a test.

AutoCorrect changes it to

This is a test.

so that the first letter of the sentence is capitalized.

With AutoCorrect, you can choose to automatically change two consecutive uppercase letters in a word, so that the second uppercase letter becomes a lowercase letter. For example, if you type

HEllo

AutoCorrect changes this to:

Hello

You can create exceptions to prevent automatic capitalization of any word typed after a specific abbreviation or to prevent automatic case correction of a word that contains a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters. However, each exception that you add must be a single word; an individual exception cannot be more than one word.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

154958 XL97: AutoCorrect may not Capitalize First Word in Sentence

REFERENCES

For more information about AutoCorrect, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

autocorrect

and then double-click the selected text to go to the " Automatically correct text" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/23/2003
Keywords:kbualink97 KB157029
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