First letter in emails is capitalized.

How do you stop Word from capitalizing automatically the first letter of an
email address? It happens if the address is the first item on a new line.
It ends up looking like this:

Word@microsoft.com

and I can't figure out how to force the 'W' into lower case.

Thanks!

Suzanne
Tue Jan 22 20:58:10 PST 2008

If you're typing a bunch of these, you'll need to temporarily clear the
check box for "First word of sentences" on the AutoCorrect tab of Tools |
AutoCorrect Options. If it's just an occasional thing, press Ctrl+Z (Undo)
after it happens to reverse the correction.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Ed" <elo1999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How do you stop Word from capitalizing automatically the first letter of
> an email address? It happens if the address is the first item on a new
> line. It ends up looking like this:
>
> Word@microsoft.com
>
> and I can't figure out how to force the 'W' into lower case.
>
> Thanks!
>

Terry
Wed Jan 23 02:29:40 PST 2008

Weird. This just should not happen. Word should recognize that you are
typing in an email address as soon as it sees the @ sign and automatically
suppresses the capitalization. Are you sure that you are typing in the email
addresses correctly (without and spaces in the addresses?)

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Ed" <elo1999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uQ7QkGXXIHA.4868@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> How do you stop Word from capitalizing automatically the first letter of
> an email address? It happens if the address is the first item on a new
> line. It ends up looking like this:
>
> Word@microsoft.com
>
> and I can't figure out how to force the 'W' into lower case.
>
> Thanks!

Gordon
Wed Jan 23 03:42:35 PST 2008

"Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
news:48EC82C9-D0FF-4A81-9A1B-489FC095AEDB@microsoft.com...
> Weird. This just should not happen. Word should recognize that you are
> typing in an email address as soon as it sees the @ sign and automatically
> suppresses the capitalization. Are you sure that you are typing in the
> email addresses correctly (without and spaces in the addresses?)

My Word 2007 does the same thing......

Terry
Wed Jan 23 03:58:42 PST 2008

Weirder because mine does not. I've just tried Word 2003 on my wife's laptop
and that doesn't either. I don't think I have ever seen it happening any
version of Word either. So there must be some significant difference
somewhere.

What OS and language settings are you using? Have you installed SP1 for
Office 2007?

Terry

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:48EC82C9-D0FF-4A81-9A1B-489FC095AEDB@microsoft.com...
>> Weird. This just should not happen. Word should recognize that you are
>> typing in an email address as soon as it sees the @ sign and
>> automatically suppresses the capitalization. Are you sure that you are
>> typing in the email addresses correctly (without and spaces in the
>> addresses?)
>
> My Word 2007 does the same thing......
>

Gordon
Wed Jan 23 04:27:35 PST 2008

"Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1D115E9F-7AE4-4909-8D2A-1905C778292B@microsoft.com...
> Weirder because mine does not. I've just tried Word 2003 on my wife's
> laptop and that doesn't either. I don't think I have ever seen it
> happening any version of Word either. So there must be some significant
> difference somewhere.
>
> What OS and language settings are you using? Have you installed SP1 for
> Office 2007?
>
Windows XP SP2 - SP1 for Office 2007 is installed, primary editing language
is set to English UK.
Interestingly, when I went to Language Settings, I found that although the
Primary editing language selected was English UK, in the Enabled Editing
Languages box, both English UK and English US are listed. If I remove
English UK and set the primary editing language to English US then this
behaviour does NOT happen.
However, If I remove English US from the enabled editing languages, it just
re-appears next time I start word so there seems to be no way to actually
test whether it's a bug in English UK or whether it happens because the two
enabled languages are conflicting.

HTH

Terry
Wed Jan 23 06:10:54 PST 2008

Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided that as English (US) is the most
important language in the World, it isn't possible to remove it from the
listed languages in Word (although it fools you into thinking it has been
removed, as you observed, it just comes back again).

I must look in Word to see if there is some other setting that affects email
addresses this way.

Terry

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:OadNZtbXIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1D115E9F-7AE4-4909-8D2A-1905C778292B@microsoft.com...
>> Weirder because mine does not. I've just tried Word 2003 on my wife's
>> laptop and that doesn't either. I don't think I have ever seen it
>> happening any version of Word either. So there must be some significant
>> difference somewhere.
>>
>> What OS and language settings are you using? Have you installed SP1 for
>> Office 2007?
>>
> Windows XP SP2 - SP1 for Office 2007 is installed, primary editing
> language is set to English UK.
> Interestingly, when I went to Language Settings, I found that although the
> Primary editing language selected was English UK, in the Enabled Editing
> Languages box, both English UK and English US are listed. If I remove
> English UK and set the primary editing language to English US then this
> behaviour does NOT happen.
> However, If I remove English US from the enabled editing languages, it
> just re-appears next time I start word so there seems to be no way to
> actually test whether it's a bug in English UK or whether it happens
> because the two enabled languages are conflicting.
>
> HTH
>

Terry
Wed Jan 23 06:23:27 PST 2008

I think I've sussed it. Are your email address recognized and converted to
hyperlinks when you either add a space or return at the end of typing them?
When I type in an email address (either at the start of a sentence/new para
or in the middle of a sentence), it is recognized as an email address and
assigned the hyperlink style. (This enables the click to send an email to
the address/mail to function.) My hyperlink style is set to 'Do not check
spelling or grammar' under languages, so it doesn't capitalize (or I think
that is why it doesn't).

Terry

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:OadNZtbXIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1D115E9F-7AE4-4909-8D2A-1905C778292B@microsoft.com...
>> Weirder because mine does not. I've just tried Word 2003 on my wife's
>> laptop and that doesn't either. I don't think I have ever seen it
>> happening any version of Word either. So there must be some significant
>> difference somewhere.
>>
>> What OS and language settings are you using? Have you installed SP1 for
>> Office 2007?
>>
> Windows XP SP2 - SP1 for Office 2007 is installed, primary editing
> language is set to English UK.
> Interestingly, when I went to Language Settings, I found that although the
> Primary editing language selected was English UK, in the Enabled Editing
> Languages box, both English UK and English US are listed. If I remove
> English UK and set the primary editing language to English US then this
> behaviour does NOT happen.
> However, If I remove English US from the enabled editing languages, it
> just re-appears next time I start word so there seems to be no way to
> actually test whether it's a bug in English UK or whether it happens
> because the two enabled languages are conflicting.
>
> HTH
>

Gordon
Wed Jan 23 06:46:21 PST 2008

"Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
news:E3732C9D-BA88-4B42-86CE-FB5361AF7C66@microsoft.com...

> My hyperlink style is set to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' under
> languages, so it doesn't capitalize (or I think that is why it doesn't).

So where do I find "Hyperlink Style"?

Suzanne
Wed Jan 23 07:28:12 PST 2008

This confirms my suspicion that the setting to "Ignore Internet and file
addresses" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options may come into
play. I hadn't thought that would override the "beginning of sentences"
rule, but perhaps it does.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
news:48EC82C9-D0FF-4A81-9A1B-489FC095AEDB@microsoft.com...
> Weird. This just should not happen. Word should recognize that you are
> typing in an email address as soon as it sees the @ sign and automatically
> suppresses the capitalization. Are you sure that you are typing in the
> email addresses correctly (without and spaces in the addresses?)
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>
> "Ed" <elo1999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uQ7QkGXXIHA.4868@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> How do you stop Word from capitalizing automatically the first letter of
>> an email address? It happens if the address is the first item on a new
>> line. It ends up looking like this:
>>
>> Word@microsoft.com
>>
>> and I can't figure out how to force the 'W' into lower case.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>

Gordon
Wed Jan 23 07:39:25 PST 2008

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23EhFeTdXIHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> This confirms my suspicion that the setting to "Ignore Internet and file
> addresses" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options may come into
> play. I hadn't thought that would override the "beginning of sentences"
> rule, but perhaps it does.
>

very interesting - I've just unchecked that option and re-checked it - and
guess what? The capitalisation of email addresses has STOPPED!

Gordon
Wed Jan 23 07:40:52 PST 2008

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23EhFeTdXIHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> This confirms my suspicion that the setting to "Ignore Internet and file
>> addresses" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options may come into
>> play. I hadn't thought that would override the "beginning of sentences"
>> rule, but perhaps it does.
>>
>
> very interesting - I've just unchecked that option and re-checked it - and
> guess what? The capitalisation of email addresses has STOPPED!
>


In fact I get NO automatic capitalisation at all now......

Terry
Wed Jan 23 11:55:31 PST 2008

Wow. Have you tried rebooting?

Terry

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fn7n3h$95k$1@news.mixmin.net...
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23EhFeTdXIHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> This confirms my suspicion that the setting to "Ignore Internet and file
>>> addresses" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options may come
>>> into play. I hadn't thought that would override the "beginning of
>>> sentences" rule, but perhaps it does.
>>>
>>
>> very interesting - I've just unchecked that option and re-checked it -
>> and guess what? The capitalisation of email addresses has STOPPED!
>>
>
>
> In fact I get NO automatic capitalisation at all now......
>