Microsoft KB Archive/196878

= WD97: AutoCorrect Doesn't Replace with Mixed Case =

Article ID: 196878

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196878





SYMPTOMS
AutoCorrect does not correct your text automatically when you press the SPACEBAR.

This behavior can occur when either of the following conditions is true:
 * You created the Replace text in AutoCorrect using mixed case (for example, AbCdEf) and in your document you type all lowercase (abcdef), all uppercase (ABCDEF), or a combination of mixed case letters that does not exactly match the case of the AutoCorrect text (abcDef).

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 * You created the Replace text in AutoCorrect using all uppercase (for example, ABCDEF) and in your document you type text that is not all uppercase (abcdef or Abcdef).



CAUSE
By design of Microsoft Word, when you create an AutoCorrect entry using mixed case or all uppercase, AutoCorrect recognizes the entry only when you type the mixed case or uppercase text exactly as it is entered in AutoCorrect.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

Method 1
Create all your AutoCorrect entries as lowercase. This will give you three ways (lowercase, uppercase, initial capped) to enter the text that AutoCorrect will recognize and automatically correct.

Method 2
If the entry contains mixed case, type the word in the correct case as displayed in the AutoCorrect dialog box.



MORE INFORMATION
When you create an AutoCorrect entry with all lowercase text, AutoCorrect corrects the entry automatically when you press the SPACEBAR regardless of whether the text is typed in all lowercase, all uppercase, or with the first letter capitalized.

Additional query words: case auto correct capital all caps lower upper mixed sensitive 8.0

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb kbproof KB196878

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