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No initial capital after numbered list

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Lina - 17 Jul 2006 14:54 GMT
Hi!
I recently discoverd that if I use a numbered list word does not capitalize
the first letter. I understand that this is a well-known problem but is
there some way to work around it?
It would be ok if this happened just after numbered list but if I open a
document and write in it it will autocorrect as it should. But if I then use
a numbered list it won`t autocorrect even when I go back to normal. And I
have choosen to autocorrect initial capital. It goes back to autocorrect as
it should onley if a manually change a letter to capital. Is there some
solution to this problem?

/Lina
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 17 Jul 2006 16:02 GMT
The workaround is to use the Shift key. See “Word does not capitalize the
first letter of a sentence” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291538

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> Hi!
> I recently discoverd that if I use a numbered list word does not capitalize
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> /Lina
Lina - 18 Jul 2006 08:33 GMT
Thanks! I have never thought of this problem before, but now I'm making a
template with numbered headings and numbered lists, and the person who
ordered it wants initial capitalization for all the numbered headings and
numbered lists. I guess that I just have to tell him that it can’t be set
automatically.

/Lina

> The workaround is to use the Shift key. See “Word does not capitalize the
> first letter of a sentence” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291538
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>> /Lina
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 18 Jul 2006 14:13 GMT
Word used to capitalize the first letter of numbered lists, but apparently
there were a lot of (vocal) users who didn't want this (in many legal
applications, there are lists of numbered items that are NOT capitalized),
so the default was changed. Unfortunately, this also affects beginnings of
sentences in running text: Word doesn't capitalize after a sentence that
ends in a number, either--very maddening when you have gotten spoiled by
AutoCorrect!

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> Thanks! I have never thought of this problem before, but now I'm making a
> template with numbered headings and numbered lists, and the person who
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> >> /Lina
 
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