Actually, you can do it by editing the word after you put the space after it... For example, if you type
IBooks are cool! And then go back and select the "I" and type an "i" it will stay. It seems to apply the autocorrect when you hit the spacebar after the word. -Steve On 3/19/02 4:25 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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/>
