Microsoft Word Problem

Suddenly, when I type lower case C (c) plus a full colon (:) I get
the symbol for a trademark (TM). Why, and now can I fix this
annoyance?

Thank you.

Barry Karas

Suzanne
Fri Sep 05 23:55:09 CDT 2003

Check Tools | AutoCorrect to see if this is listed as an AutoCorrect entry
(shouldn't be necessary since there's another entry already defined for the
trademark symbol).

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"Pronto" <bkaras@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Suddenly, when I type lower case C (c) plus a full colon (:) I get
> the symbol for a trademark (TM). Why, and now can I fix this
> annoyance?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Barry Karas
>
>

Pronto
Sat Sep 06 00:26:58 CDT 2003

I did this, and it was listed under TWO places: the regular one and (I
checked further) lower case C. I deleted the latter - and all was
okay.

Thank you.

Barry Karas

P.S. Would you know why this happened in the first place?

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 23:55:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
<sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:

>Check Tools | AutoCorrect to see if this is listed as an AutoCorrect entry
>(shouldn't be necessary since there's another entry already defined for the
>trademark symbol).

Suzanne
Sat Sep 06 10:43:35 CDT 2003

Does anyone else use your system besides you? I would appear that someone
intentionally saved this AutoCorrect entry. Keeping in mind that unformatted
AutoCorrect entries are shared by all Office apps, it's entirely possible
that it was done in, say, Excel or Outlook or PowerPoint.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Pronto" <bkaras@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:90silvk2ehbrl6gjp5micq7mseqgf2ftqb@4ax.com...
> I did this, and it was listed under TWO places: the regular one and (I
> checked further) lower case C. I deleted the latter - and all was
> okay.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Barry Karas
>
> P.S. Would you know why this happened in the first place?
>
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 23:55:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
> <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:
>
> >Check Tools | AutoCorrect to see if this is listed as an AutoCorrect
entry
> >(shouldn't be necessary since there's another entry already defined for
the
> >trademark symbol).
>

Pronto
Tue Sep 16 13:44:07 CDT 2003

Like I wrote, I'm the only one who uses my computer. Since I certainly
did not set the problem to occur, I suspect it was someTHING external.

Barry Karas


On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 23:21:01 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
<sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:

>It seems a rather bizarre and pointless thing for a virus or worm to do,
>though I wouldn't rule it out (given the things that some of them do). I'd
>be more inclined to suspect operator error, though.

Suzanne
Tue Sep 16 15:08:32 CDT 2003

Operator error is rarely intentional.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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all may benefit.

"Pronto" <bkaras@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Like I wrote, I'm the only one who uses my computer. Since I certainly
> did not set the problem to occur, I suspect it was someTHING external.
>
> Barry Karas
>
>
> On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 23:21:01 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
> <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:
>
> >It seems a rather bizarre and pointless thing for a virus or worm to do,
> >though I wouldn't rule it out (given the things that some of them do).
I'd
> >be more inclined to suspect operator error, though.
>