Word AutoCorrect - turning off autocapitalization of "i"

[Benjamin Barrett]

Hit [Cntr] Z when an auto correct happens that you don't want. You can also
hit Undo from the Edit menu.

Benjamin Barrett
gogaku at ix.netcom.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Nancy Steinkoenig
>
> To my mind, more troubling than the replacement of :) by a true smiley is
> the replacement of lowercase i by capital I, even when enclosed
> in brackets
> as a phonetic symbol. This one can't be fixed by a backspace, since it
> doesn't appear until a forward space. You have to fool it by
> typing [ii] or
> something, and then going back and removing one of the characters.
>
> If you scroll down the AutoCorrect list of words, you will
> probably find that "i" will be replaced by "I." Just delete that
> entry from the list, and it will trouble you no more.