AutoCorrect

Tips, Tricks, and Answers

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Adding Smiley Faces to Your Writing
Like to add a smiley or two to your writing? Word makes it easy through creative use of the AutoCorrect feature.

Can't Save Formatted AutoCorrect Entries
How you go about creating an AutoCorrect entry can be an important part of what you can do with that entry. Here's an explanation of how to correctly create an AutoCorrect entry.

Capitalizing Names of Days
Type the name of any of the seven days into your document, and Word automatically makes sure it is capitalized. This is done by the AutoCorrect feature, and you can turn it on or off, as desired.

Changing How Word Handles Ellipses
When you type three periods in a row, by default Word changes those to the ellipse character. This substitution doesn't exactly fit the technical needs of most editors when it comes to ellipses. This tip discusses what you can do to make Word's use of ellipses better.

Creating a Proper Registered Trademark Symbol
If you want to have Word properly insert a superscripted registered trademark symbol when you type (r), it only takes a few changes to AutoCorrect. Here's how to do it.

Creating Shortcuts for the AutoCorrect Dialog Box
There is no built-in shortcut that displays the AutoCorrect dialog box. You can, however, create a couple of your own.

Make AutoCorrect Pay Attention to Character Case
If you rely on AutoCorrect (as most Word users do), you may have noticed that it doesn't always give the desired results with text replacements. This can come about when the tool becomes confused by the letters you are typing. This tip examines ways that you can "unconfuse" AutoCorrect.

Stopping Word from Correcting Capitals
If you type two capital letters at the beginning of a word, Word assumes that you made a typing error and will attempt to correct your mistake. If you don't want Word to make this assumption, you can turn off this AutoCorrect feature.

Understanding Abbreviations in AutoCorrect
Abbreviations appear all over the place in our society. If you want to understand how Word recognizes them (which it has to do for some AutoCorrect features), then you'll want to read this tip.

Word Fails to Capitalize the Start of Some Sentences
By default, Word capitalizes the first letter of sentences as you type. If you notice that Word doesn't capitalize some sentences that it should, the reason could be as described in this tip.