Microsoft KB Archive/157029

= OFF97: AutoCorrect Does Not Allow Multiple Word Exceptions =

Article ID: 157029

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157029



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to add exception text in the AutoCorrect Exception dialog box, the Add button is disabled.



CAUSE
By design, the Add button of the AutoCorrect Exception dialog box will be disabled if you type two or more words separated by spaces.



MORE INFORMATION
With AutoCorrect, you can choose to automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word in each sentence. For example, if you type

this is a test.

AutoCorrect changes it to

This is a test.

so that the first letter of the sentence is capitalized.

With AutoCorrect, you can choose to automatically change two consecutive uppercase letters in a word, so that the second uppercase letter becomes a lowercase letter. For example, if you type

HEllo

AutoCorrect changes this to:

Hello

You can create exceptions to prevent automatic capitalization of any word typed after a specific abbreviation or to prevent automatic case correction of a word that contains a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters. However, each exception that you add must be a single word; an individual exception cannot be more than one word.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

154958 XL97: AutoCorrect may not Capitalize First Word in Sentence

