Word will not correct two letters in caps. You must type a third letter for
Posted By: sm on 2007-12-04
In Reply to: Regarding Word - Carla
that feature to kick in. You need to practice letting up on the Shift key sooner or you need a macro to go through your document to fix all of those instances.
Word 2000 and later does not cap after colons or numbers followed by punctuation even if you have that option turned on in Tools. You can use the change case command of Shift + F3 immediately after typing the first word to get a cap. I use Instant Text and there's a feature in that program that automatically fixes the cap issue in Word. Otherwise, you need a macro to go through the document and change that as well.
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![Button](http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA100771021033") , and then click Word Options.
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type it as 1 word midphalanx..nm
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It is like Word in a lot of ways, with the same type of AutoCorrect. sm
But you have an ADT utility to select the patient demographics for the report you are doing. Actually very nice. I enjoyed DQS while I was on it.
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How many WPM do you type with auto corrects/word expander?
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Type whatever word/phrase, bold, highlight, sm--
select Autocorrect, add.
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I used Stedman's when working in Meditech, but I would type in Word and
copy to Meditech.
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