W2K's dad-burn'd *&%! ellipsis

So far, pushed to one character within the line break, my good old tri-dot is
treated as one character and moved to the next line intact. Auto-cap respects my new
rule (or the gods have intervened) and treats the ellipsis as a special case. When I
replace it with a single period, Auto-cap is back on the job. I didn't need to make
an exception. My rule rules!

So. For ellipsis: Don't use "period, space, period, space etc." as it's too big and
will just break up and/or trigger Auto-cap (Auto-cap does seem to demand a proper
sentence, so the spaces might prevent capitalization, but they do break up). Don't
just delete the rule that substitutes the Word "micro-ellipsis character" for your
three periods or, same problem. Make up a _new_ rule: "replace three periods with
three periods."

And it exports to text!

Thanks again for your help,

Travis


"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
Daiya,

Ah the confusion is mine. When I read "then AutoCorrect capitalization fires, and
I think the three dots will
break at lines." I was reading that as the first _causing_ the second, not two
separate consequences.

I'll investigate turning Auto Cap off or creating an exception.

I only recently turned from 1992 Volkswriter (still runs! but won't print under
XP)
and am a real dummie with Word. What? You can tell?

I was hoping that my new "rule" would create an exception to line breaking, and,
now, Auto-Cap treating the period as just a period. Hey. There's a "rule"! "Treat
these three periods as a single character." Just deleting the rule indeed gets me
what I want, but, apparently, only until it's broken in a line or the following
letter is capitalized, then I'm back at work struggling to get an exportable
ellipsis.

'Probably won't work, but I'll find out soon enough.

I shall report my findings to the committee.

Travis



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Hi Travis,
I was able to "re-instruct" auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by deleting
the
rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced by three
periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character
What's the point of this new rule? Why not just delete the entry, and then
when you type three periods, nothing happens. Isn't that what you wanted?
Whether or not this keeps the auto-cap from
breaking them at lines remains to be seen, but merely deleting the rule would
almost
surely do so.
One of us is confused. The point about Word's ellipsis is that it will stay
together, because it is one character. Three periods may or may not break
at a line (I'm not sure, but I think they will), but the AutoCorrect entry
for the ellipsis doesn't have anything to do with whether Word uses a period
as a trigger to wrap a line. Or am I misunderstanding what you say?

Nor is auto-cap relevant to line wrapping. Auto-cap comes into play because
Word capitalizes any word after a period (unless there is a number before
the period). It will see your ellipsis as three periods (as it is), and
probably capitalize the next word.

Daiya

The problem with your solution is that three period characters are not glued
together. There's nothing to stop them from breaking apart as they are three
characters and not one character like a real ellipse. You either need to use
a non-breaking spaces between them and adjust the character spacing (as I
suggested) or a zero width non-breaking space between them.

Terry

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
news : Terry,
:
: Thanks for the suggestion. As per above reply, I was able to
"re-instruct"
: auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by deleting the
: rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced by
three
: periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character (most of
my stuff
: goes out as text in inclusions).
:
: I wonder if Word would make up a new, un-text-exportable character from
the curve
: ball thrown by your custom design, or do you think text export would
accept the odd
: spacing? I may yet have to try it.
:
: Many thanks!
:
: Travis
:
:
: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: To follow on...
:
: to make your own ellipsis, enter a stop, a non-breaking space
: (Ctrl+Shift+Space), a stop, a non-breaking space and a final stop. It is
too
: wide now, so select the ellipsis and use Format, Font and adjust the
: character spacing to say -0.5pt. This will reduce the spacing until it
looks
: more like an ellipsis. Adjust the character spacing until it looks as
you
: want. Now select it and save it as an AutoText entry or even replace the
: AutoCorrect entry for the ellipsis with it.
:
: --
: Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: http://word.mvps.org/
:
: "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: ...
: : Hi, All,
: :
: : Does anyone know how to get a tri-dot "ellipsis" with three periods
....
: : without Word 2000 changing it into its own, non-text-exportable (and
: miserably
: : small) _character_ for ellipsis ...?
: :
: : I have no idea what will be displayed, but perhaps you've encountered
the
: : phenomenon. Using a period with a space in between each of the three
will
: preserve a
: : true ellipsis, but then it's too big.
: :
: : "ellipsis" is in the Help index, even a key word, but all I get on
: selecting it is
: : info on tab stops!
: :
: : Many thanks,
: :
: : Travis
: :
: :
:
:
:
:

I don't believe he intends to have any spaces between them. That was the
point. If he were typing three spaced periods, they would not be converted
to an ellipsis.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
The problem with your solution is that three period characters are not
glued
together. There's nothing to stop them from breaking apart as they are
three
characters and not one character like a real ellipse. You either need to
use
a non-breaking spaces between them and adjust the character spacing (as I
suggested) or a zero width non-breaking space between them.

Terry

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
news : Terry,
:
: Thanks for the suggestion. As per above reply, I was able to
"re-instruct"
: auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by deleting the
: rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced by
three
: periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character (most
of
my stuff
: goes out as text in inclusions).
:
: I wonder if Word would make up a new, un-text-exportable character from
the curve
: ball thrown by your custom design, or do you think text export would
accept the odd
: spacing? I may yet have to try it.
:
: Many thanks!
:
: Travis
:
:
: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: To follow on...
:
: to make your own ellipsis, enter a stop, a non-breaking space
: (Ctrl+Shift+Space), a stop, a non-breaking space and a final stop. It
is
too
: wide now, so select the ellipsis and use Format, Font and adjust the
: character spacing to say -0.5pt. This will reduce the spacing until it
looks
: more like an ellipsis. Adjust the character spacing until it looks as
you
: want. Now select it and save it as an AutoText entry or even replace
the
: AutoCorrect entry for the ellipsis with it.
:
: --
: Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: http://word.mvps.org/
:
: "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: ...
: : Hi, All,
: :
: : Does anyone know how to get a tri-dot "ellipsis" with three periods
...
: : without Word 2000 changing it into its own, non-text-exportable (and
: miserably
: : small) _character_ for ellipsis ...?
: :
: : I have no idea what will be displayed, but perhaps you've
encountered
the
: : phenomenon. Using a period with a space in between each of the three
will
: preserve a
: : true ellipsis, but then it's too big.
: :
: : "ellipsis" is in the Help index, even a key word, but all I get on
: selecting it is
: : info on tab stops!
: :
: : Many thanks,
: :
: : Travis
: :
: :
:
:
:
:

I will merely repeat that none of that is necessary. You can accomplish
exactly the same thing by merely deleting the AutoCorrect entry or pressing
Ctrl+Z after the AutoCorrect fires. All the behaviors you describe are the
inherent default behaviors of three periods.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
So far, pushed to one character within the line break, my good old tri-dot
is
treated as one character and moved to the next line intact. Auto-cap
respects my new
rule (or the gods have intervened) and treats the ellipsis as a special
case. When I
replace it with a single period, Auto-cap is back on the job. I didn't
need to make
an exception. My rule rules!

So. For ellipsis: Don't use "period, space, period, space etc." as it's
too big and
will just break up and/or trigger Auto-cap (Auto-cap does seem to demand a
proper
sentence, so the spaces might prevent capitalization, but they do break
up). Don't
just delete the rule that substitutes the Word "micro-ellipsis character"
for your
three periods or, same problem. Make up a _new_ rule: "replace three
periods with
three periods."

And it exports to text!

Thanks again for your help,

Travis


"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
Daiya,

Ah the confusion is mine. When I read "then AutoCorrect capitalization
fires, and
I think the three dots will
break at lines." I was reading that as the first _causing_ the second,
not two
separate consequences.

I'll investigate turning Auto Cap off or creating an exception.

I only recently turned from 1992 Volkswriter (still runs! but won't
print under
XP)
and am a real dummie with Word. What? You can tell?

I was hoping that my new "rule" would create an exception to line
breaking, and,
now, Auto-Cap treating the period as just a period. Hey. There's a
"rule"! "Treat
these three periods as a single character." Just deleting the rule
indeed gets me
what I want, but, apparently, only until it's broken in a line or the
following
letter is capitalized, then I'm back at work struggling to get an
exportable
ellipsis.

'Probably won't work, but I'll find out soon enough.

I shall report my findings to the committee.

Travis



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Hi Travis,
I was able to "re-instruct" auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by
deleting
the
rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced
by three
periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character
What's the point of this new rule? Why not just delete the entry, and
then
when you type three periods, nothing happens. Isn't that what you
wanted?
Whether or not this keeps the auto-cap from
breaking them at lines remains to be seen, but merely deleting the
rule would
almost
surely do so.
One of us is confused. The point about Word's ellipsis is that it will
stay
together, because it is one character. Three periods may or may not
break
at a line (I'm not sure, but I think they will), but the AutoCorrect
entry
for the ellipsis doesn't have anything to do with whether Word uses a
period
as a trigger to wrap a line. Or am I misunderstanding what you say?

Nor is auto-cap relevant to line wrapping. Auto-cap comes into play
because
Word capitalizes any word after a period (unless there is a number
before
the period). It will see your ellipsis as three periods (as it is),
and
probably capitalize the next word.

Daiya

Gotcha! Weird though because an ellipsis looks OK to me in virtually all
fonts. All I can only guess that Travis is used to seeing an ellipsis in a
non-proportional font (which looks ugly to me).

Terry


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
:I don't believe he intends to have any spaces between them. That was the
: point. If he were typing three spaced periods, they would not be converted
: to an ellipsis.
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
: Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
: all may benefit.
:
: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: The problem with your solution is that three period characters are not
: glued
: together. There's nothing to stop them from breaking apart as they are
: three
: characters and not one character like a real ellipse. You either need to
: use
: a non-breaking spaces between them and adjust the character spacing (as
I
: suggested) or a zero width non-breaking space between them.
:
: Terry
:
: "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: news : : Terry,
: :
: : Thanks for the suggestion. As per above reply, I was able to
: "re-instruct"
: : auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by deleting the
: : rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced
by
: three
: : periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character (most
: of
: my stuff
: : goes out as text in inclusions).
: :
: : I wonder if Word would make up a new, un-text-exportable character
from
: the curve
: : ball thrown by your custom design, or do you think text export would
: accept the odd
: : spacing? I may yet have to try it.
: :
: : Many thanks!
: :
: : Travis
: :
: :
: : "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: : ...
: : To follow on...
: :
: : to make your own ellipsis, enter a stop, a non-breaking space
: : (Ctrl+Shift+Space), a stop, a non-breaking space and a final stop.
It
: is
: too
: : wide now, so select the ellipsis and use Format, Font and adjust the
: : character spacing to say -0.5pt. This will reduce the spacing until
it
: looks
: : more like an ellipsis. Adjust the character spacing until it looks
as
: you
: : want. Now select it and save it as an AutoText entry or even replace
: the
: : AutoCorrect entry for the ellipsis with it.
: :
: : --
: : Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: : http://word.mvps.org/
: :
: : "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: : ...
: : : Hi, All,
: : :
: : : Does anyone know how to get a tri-dot "ellipsis" with three
periods
: ...
: : : without Word 2000 changing it into its own, non-text-exportable
(and
: : miserably
: : : small) _character_ for ellipsis ...?
: : :
: : : I have no idea what will be displayed, but perhaps you've
: encountered
: the
: : : phenomenon. Using a period with a space in between each of the
three
: will
: : preserve a
: : : true ellipsis, but then it's too big.
: : :
: : : "ellipsis" is in the Help index, even a key word, but all I get on
: : selecting it is
: : : info on tab stops!
: : :
: : : Many thanks,
: : :
: : : Travis
: : :
: : :
: :
: :
: :
: :
:
:
:

I think his original objection was that it didn't translate to plain-text
applications such as emails.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
Gotcha! Weird though because an ellipsis looks OK to me in virtually all
fonts. All I can only guess that Travis is used to seeing an ellipsis in a
non-proportional font (which looks ugly to me).

Terry


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
:I don't believe he intends to have any spaces between them. That was the
: point. If he were typing three spaced periods, they would not be
converted
: to an ellipsis.
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
: Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
: all may benefit.
:
: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: The problem with your solution is that three period characters are not
: glued
: together. There's nothing to stop them from breaking apart as they are
: three
: characters and not one character like a real ellipse. You either need
to
: use
: a non-breaking spaces between them and adjust the character spacing
(as
I
: suggested) or a zero width non-breaking space between them.
:
: Terry
:
: "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: news : : Terry,
: :
: : Thanks for the suggestion. As per above reply, I was able to
: "re-instruct"
: : auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by deleting the
: : rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be
replaced
by
: three
: : periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character
(most
: of
: my stuff
: : goes out as text in inclusions).
: :
: : I wonder if Word would make up a new, un-text-exportable character
from
: the curve
: : ball thrown by your custom design, or do you think text export would
: accept the odd
: : spacing? I may yet have to try it.
: :
: : Many thanks!
: :
: : Travis
: :
: :
: : "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: : ...
: : To follow on...
: :
: : to make your own ellipsis, enter a stop, a non-breaking space
: : (Ctrl+Shift+Space), a stop, a non-breaking space and a final stop.
It
: is
: too
: : wide now, so select the ellipsis and use Format, Font and adjust
the
: : character spacing to say -0.5pt. This will reduce the spacing
until
it
: looks
: : more like an ellipsis. Adjust the character spacing until it looks
as
: you
: : want. Now select it and save it as an AutoText entry or even
replace
: the
: : AutoCorrect entry for the ellipsis with it.
: :
: : --
: : Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: : http://word.mvps.org/
: :
: : "Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
: : ...
: : : Hi, All,
: : :
: : : Does anyone know how to get a tri-dot "ellipsis" with three
periods
: ...
: : : without Word 2000 changing it into its own, non-text-exportable
(and
: : miserably
: : : small) _character_ for ellipsis ...?
: : :
: : : I have no idea what will be displayed, but perhaps you've
: encountered
: the
: : : phenomenon. Using a period with a space in between each of the
three
: will
: : preserve a
: : : true ellipsis, but then it's too big.
: : :
: : : "ellipsis" is in the Help index, even a key word, but all I get
on
: : selecting it is
: : : info on tab stops!
: : :
: : : Many thanks,
: : :
: : : Travis
: : :
: : :
: :
: :
: :
: :
:
:
:

Suzanne,

I defer to you, natch, and will remember this if I encounter the problem again. I
visited and marked your Word MVP FAQ site for future pestering.

It really wouldn't matter if I didn't need reliable export to text. My "all-text"
email inclusion stuff is the reason I was able to limp along on Volkswriter all
these years after its demise.

As I noted to Julie above, I got lost in Autocorrect before getting a chance to try
the simple Ctrl-Z undo. And I'm not sufficiently curious to resurrect whatever
character it is that Autocorrect substitutes for the "homemade" ellipsis. It's not
listed in Ctrl-F as one of the "Special" characters.

Many thanks,

Travis




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I will merely repeat that none of that is necessary. You can accomplish
exactly the same thing by merely deleting the AutoCorrect entry or pressing
Ctrl+Z after the AutoCorrect fires. All the behaviors you describe are the
inherent default behaviors of three periods.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
So far, pushed to one character within the line break, my good old tri-dot
is
treated as one character and moved to the next line intact. Auto-cap
respects my new
rule (or the gods have intervened) and treats the ellipsis as a special
case. When I
replace it with a single period, Auto-cap is back on the job. I didn't
need to make
an exception. My rule rules!

So. For ellipsis: Don't use "period, space, period, space etc." as it's
too big and
will just break up and/or trigger Auto-cap (Auto-cap does seem to demand a
proper
sentence, so the spaces might prevent capitalization, but they do break
up). Don't
just delete the rule that substitutes the Word "micro-ellipsis character"
for your
three periods or, same problem. Make up a _new_ rule: "replace three
periods with
three periods."

And it exports to text!

Thanks again for your help,

Travis


"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
Daiya,

Ah the confusion is mine. When I read "then AutoCorrect capitalization
fires, and
I think the three dots will
break at lines." I was reading that as the first _causing_ the second,
not two
separate consequences.

I'll investigate turning Auto Cap off or creating an exception.

I only recently turned from 1992 Volkswriter (still runs! but won't
print under
XP)
and am a real dummie with Word. What? You can tell?

I was hoping that my new "rule" would create an exception to line
breaking, and,
now, Auto-Cap treating the period as just a period. Hey. There's a
"rule"! "Treat
these three periods as a single character." Just deleting the rule
indeed gets me
what I want, but, apparently, only until it's broken in a line or the
following
letter is capitalized, then I'm back at work struggling to get an
exportable
ellipsis.

'Probably won't work, but I'll find out soon enough.

I shall report my findings to the committee.

Travis



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Hi Travis,
I was able to "re-instruct" auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by
deleting
the
rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be replaced
by three
periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character
What's the point of this new rule? Why not just delete the entry, and
then
when you type three periods, nothing happens. Isn't that what you
wanted?
Whether or not this keeps the auto-cap from
breaking them at lines remains to be seen, but merely deleting the
rule would
almost
surely do so.
One of us is confused. The point about Word's ellipsis is that it will
stay
together, because it is one character. Three periods may or may not
break
at a line (I'm not sure, but I think they will), but the AutoCorrect
entry
for the ellipsis doesn't have anything to do with whether Word uses a
period
as a trigger to wrap a line. Or am I misunderstanding what you say?

Nor is auto-cap relevant to line wrapping. Auto-cap comes into play
because
Word capitalizes any word after a period (unless there is a number
before
the period). It will see your ellipsis as three periods (as it is),
and
probably capitalize the next word.

Daiya

FWIW, the ellipsis is Unicode character 2026 (ANSI 0133). It's in the
General Punctuation character subset in Insert | Symbol. But my main point
was that you do not need an AutoCorrect entry to replace three periods with
three periods (any more than you need one to replace a with a, b with b,
etc.); just deleting the existing AutoCorrect entry is sufficient.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I defer to you, natch, and will remember this if I encounter the problem
again. I
visited and marked your Word MVP FAQ site for future pestering.

It really wouldn't matter if I didn't need reliable export to text. My
"all-text"
email inclusion stuff is the reason I was able to limp along on
Volkswriter all
these years after its demise.

As I noted to Julie above, I got lost in Autocorrect before getting a
chance to try
the simple Ctrl-Z undo. And I'm not sufficiently curious to resurrect
whatever
character it is that Autocorrect substitutes for the "homemade" ellipsis.
It's not
listed in Ctrl-F as one of the "Special" characters.

Many thanks,

Travis




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I will merely repeat that none of that is necessary. You can accomplish
exactly the same thing by merely deleting the AutoCorrect entry or
pressing
Ctrl+Z after the AutoCorrect fires. All the behaviors you describe are
the
inherent default behaviors of three periods.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
So far, pushed to one character within the line break, my good old tri-
dot
is
treated as one character and moved to the next line intact. Auto-cap
respects my new
rule (or the gods have intervened) and treats the ellipsis as a special
case. When I
replace it with a single period, Auto-cap is back on the job. I didn't
need to make
an exception. My rule rules!

So. For ellipsis: Don't use "period, space, period, space etc." as it's
too big and
will just break up and/or trigger Auto-cap (Auto-cap does seem to
demand a
proper
sentence, so the spaces might prevent capitalization, but they do break
up). Don't
just delete the rule that substitutes the Word "micro-ellipsis
character"
for your
three periods or, same problem. Make up a _new_ rule: "replace three
periods with
three periods."

And it exports to text!

Thanks again for your help,

Travis


"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
...
Daiya,

Ah the confusion is mine. When I read "then AutoCorrect
capitalization
fires, and
I think the three dots will
break at lines." I was reading that as the first _causing_ the
second,
not two
separate consequences.

I'll investigate turning Auto Cap off or creating an exception.

I only recently turned from 1992 Volkswriter (still runs! but won't
print under
XP)
and am a real dummie with Word. What? You can tell?

I was hoping that my new "rule" would create an exception to line
breaking, and,
now, Auto-Cap treating the period as just a period. Hey. There's a
"rule"! "Treat
these three periods as a single character." Just deleting the rule
indeed gets me
what I want, but, apparently, only until it's broken in a line or the
following
letter is capitalized, then I'm back at work struggling to get an
exportable
ellipsis.

'Probably won't work, but I'll find out soon enough.

I shall report my findings to the committee.

Travis



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Hi Travis,
I was able to "re-instruct" auto-correct's take on the ellipsis by
deleting
the
rule, then replacing it with a new rule: three periods to be
replaced
by three
periods, rather than the un-text-exportable "ellipsis" character
What's the point of this new rule? Why not just delete the entry,
and
then
when you type three periods, nothing happens. Isn't that what you
wanted?
Whether or not this keeps the auto-cap from
breaking them at lines remains to be seen, but merely deleting the
rule would
almost
surely do so.
One of us is confused. The point about Word's ellipsis is that it
will
stay
together, because it is one character. Three periods may or may not
break
at a line (I'm not sure, but I think they will), but the AutoCorrect
entry
for the ellipsis doesn't have anything to do with whether Word uses
a
period
as a trigger to wrap a line. Or am I misunderstanding what you say?

Nor is auto-cap relevant to line wrapping. Auto-cap comes into play
because
Word capitalizes any word after a period (unless there is a number
before
the period). It will see your ellipsis as three periods (as it is),
and
probably capitalize the next word.

Daiya