You haven't noticed that Entourage has its own AutoCorrect which works the same way. Go to Tools menu/AutoCorrect, and uncheck "Capitalize first letter of sentences". Pretty simple.
Luis' problem is, I think, more complicated. As I understand it, he _wants_ to keep the "Capitalize first letter" preference, but to make an exception for "iBook". I don't think that's possible: as I understand it, the exceptions are for excluding words following abbreviations: normally the period would signal and "end of sentence", so the word following would be capitalized, but the exception for the abbreviations tells Entourage not to see the NEXT word as the beginning of a sentence. There's nothing you can do to except the word itself: by and large, it's poor English to begin real sentences with lower-case letters. Since I write a lot of AppleScripts, and exchange code by email, and since AppleScript lines need to begin with lower-case characters, I have to turn off that pref myself. If you write lots of sentences beginning "iBooks", you'll either have to turn off the pref too, or actually begin the sentence with a symbol: 'iBooks are especially prevalent hereabouts. Or �iBooks are in great demand. The second one I did with option-shift-9, but I wouldn't recommend it as it will get mangled by Windows computers. -- Paul Berkowitz > From: Ian Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:03:35 +1100 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Stop Capitalizing iBook > > Hi all, > > I have unchecked "Capitalize first letter of sentences" in Word X but still > I get annoying capitalized first letters in Entourage X... Like this... And > this... When it should be lower case... > > Anyone offer a solution? > > Cheers, > > IAN HORNER > Journalist/Producer/Reporter/Reviewer > Sydney > ______________________________________________________ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________ > >> Ibook is the way to go. Aaaaaargh! >> >> OK, I can't seem to get this to work when "iBook" is the first word in a >> sentence. I followed the steps below, but that doesn't help. I added it to >> the "INitial Caps" and "Other Corrections" areas in the "AutoCorret >> Exceoptions" window, but no go. Any ideas? >> >> Oh, by the way, I'm using Office v.X. >> >> TIA >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> Luis Vallecillo - http://weborican.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> From: "Michael W. Wellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:34:56 -0500 >>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: Stop Capitalizing iBook >>> >>>> In Word, Select View-Toolbars-AutoText. >>>> >>>> The first item in the Toolbar is "AutoText". Click on that. >>>> >>>> Go to the AutoCorrect pane in the dialog that comes up. >>>> >>>> Adding an "Exception" for iBook would likely solve the "Ibook" problem. >>> >>> Of course, I *now* note that this is exactly what you tried. >>> >>> Nevermind. >>> >>> mikel > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
