Microsoft KB Archive/119104

= PPT: Incorrect Title Case Change When Word Contains Apostrophe =

Article ID: 119104

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q119104





SYMPTOMS
If you use the Change Case command in PowerPoint to change text containing an apostrophe to Title Case, the text may capitalize incorrectly. For example, if you select the text

Bob's

Bob's car

Joe's

and use the Change Case command to change the case to Title Case, the text may appear as:

Bob'S

Bob'S Car

Joe's



CAUSE
The problem occurs when the apostrophe in the selection is followed by a hard carriage return. In the above example, "Joe's" appears correctly because the hard carriage return was not selected during the case change. Individual words also display the same problem if the highlighted region includes the hard carriage return. This problem actually occurs with any punctuation mark, although apostrophes are the only punctuation marks found in the middle of words.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, select each word or sentence individually without selecting the hard carriage return character, and then change the case.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows and Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.

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