Yes, I did know that. Oh well, I guess I can live with the capitalization of iBook if it is the first word in a sentence (that doesn't happen THAT often), since it seems there is no easy way to get this to work.
I believe we have reach the point of diminishing returns with this topic...if it is this hard then it is probably not worth it :-( ________________________________________________________________________ Luis Vallecillo - http://weborican.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:51:06 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Stop Capitalizing iBook > > That's right. I figured Luis knew about that already, but perhaps not. > Thanks. > > -- > Paul Berkowitz > >> From: Steve Sell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:38:04 -0500 >> To: Entourage Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Stop Capitalizing iBook >> >> 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/> >> > > > -- > 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/>
