Article ID: 184377
Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q184377
SYMPTOMS
If you enter a sentence in a cell, the AutoCorrect feature may not
capitalize the first word in the sentence. This behavior may occur even if
you have selected the "Capitalize first letter of sentence" check box in
the AutoCorrect dialog box.
CAUSE
The problem occurs when you enter a single sentence in a cell and the first
letter of the first word is not capitalized. The AutoCorrect feature only
capitalizes the first letter in the first word of a sentence if you precede
this word with a period that is followed by a space. Note, if you type
multiple sentences in a cell, the first words in the second and subsequent
sentences are capitalized by the AutoCorrect feature if you end these
sentences with a period that is followed by a space.
The first word of the first sentence in a cell is not capitalized by the
AutoCorrect feature. To capitalize the first word of the first sentence,
you must edit the sentence in the cell.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For more information about AutoCorrect, click Contents And Index on the
Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the
Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in
Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then click Show Topics. Select the "Check spelling or automatically
correct spelling errors" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find
the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
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