WD2000: AutoCorrect Changes a Word a Second Time When You Undo Changes (210157)

SYMPTOMS

When you type a word in which the first two letters are uppercase, and the AutoCorrect feature in Microsoft Word 2000 corrects the word, when you undo the correction by retyping the word, AutoCorrect changes the word a second time.

For example, if you type LOve, and then press ENTER, the AutoCorrect feature corrects the word to read "Love". If you change the word back to LOve and then press ENTER, the AutoCorrect feature may change the word to read "Love" a second time. If you change the word back to LOve again and then press ENTER, the AutoCorrect feature does not change the word again, because the word has now been added to the Exceptions list.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the AutoCorrect Initial Caps feature may not always add the word to the Exceptions list unless the user corrects the word twice.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, manually add the word to the Exceptions list. To do this, follow these steps:

Start Word.
On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect.
In the AutoCorrect dialog box, click the AutoCorrect tab.
Click Exceptions.
In the AutoCorrect Exceptions dialog box, click the Initial Caps tab.
In the Don't correct box, type the word that you do not want Word to automatically correct, and then click Add.
Click OK in the AutoCorrect Exceptions dialog box.
Click OK in the AutoCorrect dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2002.

MORE INFORMATION

To determine whether a word is in the Exceptions list, follow these steps:

Start Word.
On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect.
In the AutoCorrect dialog box, click the AutoCorrect tab.
Click the Exceptions button.
In the AutoCorrect Exceptions dialog box, click the Initial Caps dialog box.