Instructions
- File » Options, click on Proofing, then AutoCorrect Options... button
- In the new window make sure there ISN'T a tick next to "Capitalize first letter of sentences".
- Adjust other options to taste then OK, and OK again to dismiss final window.
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I’ve been using ‘new’ Word for ages and find it pretty intuitive but today I found that I wanted it to stop capitalising the first letter of a word in a list (every damn time I press space or enter – maddening!)
I’ve been using ‘new’ Word for ages and find it pretty intuitive but today I found that I wanted it to stop capitalising the first letter of a word in a list (every damn time I press space or enter – maddening!)
In the old days it was Tools » fiddle about with the Options / Autocorrect options, but of course there doesn’t seem to be a Tools toolbar to hand. Anyway, I’ve found that it’s in the File tab.
This is a tab that’s always confused me. I’m currently in ‘Home’ but File is the one that’s highlighted blue.. anyway, if you click on File it will bring up a window in which you can do other stuff (I’d much prefer this to have been a floating dialogue window as it used to be but…). Lurking towards the bottom of the left hand side of the menu is Options – it’s all in there – see instructions above.
Seriously I’ve only just spotted that…
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I've worked out that the reason I've found the change to later versions of Word so painless and intuitive is simply because I use keyboard shortcuts for almost everything and they haven't changed so I never notice.
ReplyDeleteWhen there's something I want to alter that doesn't have a keyboard shortcut (or I don't know it) then I'm all at sea.