Sean,
Not sure. When I answered your post I was at work using Word2000. Here at
home with Word2002 and Word2003 there is a separate AutoCorrect option for
capitalizing table cells.
It will likely affect the entire document, but you should be able to switch
the option back and forth.

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Greg Maxey
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> Thanks Greg - does this turn off the feature in Word
> completely, or only in the intended cell?
> Sean