Turning Off Automatic Capitalization

Summary: When you start typing, do you ever notice those times that Word starts capitalizing words at the start of what it thinks are your sentences? If this drives you nuts, you have complete control over turning it on or off. Here's how. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

As you are typing away on a document, you may have noticed that periodically Word will second-guess what you are doing and capitalize words for you. In general, Word does this when it thinks you are starting a new sentence. If you find yourself undoing Word's decisions on this issue quite a bit, you can turn off the feature completely by following these steps:

Choose AutoCorrect Options from the Tools menu. Word displays the AutoCorrect dialog box. (To display this dialog box in Word 2007, click the Office button and then click Word Options. At the left side of the dialog box click Proofing, and then click AutoCorrect Options.)
Make sure the AutoCorrect tab is displayed. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Clear the Capitalize First Letter of Sentences check box.
Click on OK.

Tip #480 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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