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This is a classic Word issue that's solved for all time by setting the
AutoCorrect options in Word (in 2007/Vista, start with the Office
button, click on the Options button at the bottom rt of screen, go
down to proofing, select AutoCorrect options, then untick any of
Words' autochanges that seem the most problematic for you).
The option setting isn't as quick as doing ctrlZ, but then again, you
should only have to do it once :-)
HTH
Kathleen
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Van Boening, Tammy
<Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- chartercom -dot- com> wrote:
> I know that as TCs, many of us have used many different tools, so I am
> hoping that a PPT question is appropriate for this list. I am currently
> working on developing some PPT slides and a Quick Reference Guide in
> Word to support remote field training for my client's field technicians.
> The meter software for which I am developing the training is written in
> "serial-killer" style - that is, everything that should be uppercase is
> lowercase and everything that should be lowercase is sometimes uppercase
> . Don't ask me why - it's just what I have to work with. When I am
> documenting actual steps or screen captures, I obviously follow the
> unofficial rule of using exactly what the user will see onscreen. For
> example, "autoTest." If a need to write "click autoTest" that's what I
> write - not Autotest, or autotest. Well, for any bulleted list or
> beginning of a sentence in PPT or Word, MS likes to >>THINK<< for the
> writer and automatically capitalizes the first word in a bulleted list
> or at the beginning of a sentence and this is a royal PITA for me. When
> I am whipping through the development of a list or a procedure, I have
> to manually go back and lowercase everything that was automatically and
> erroneously uppercased by MS and it's a big timewaster. Is there any way
> at all to turn off automatic capitalization of these items in PPT and
> Word? It would save some time and teeth-gnashing on my part.
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
>
>
> TVB
>
>
>
> Tammy Van Boening
>
> Curriculum Developer
>
> Charter University
>
> Charter Communications, Inc.
>
> tammy -dot- vanboening -at- chartercom -dot- com
>
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