WD97: Can't Make First Letter of Sentence a Capital Letter

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Word may not automatically capitalize the first sentence of a paragraph, even when the "Capitalize first letter of sentences" option is selected (click AutoCorrect on the Tools menu, and then select the AutoCorrect tab).

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the first sentence of a paragraph follows any of the following:

• A form field.
  
  -or-



• A hyperlink
  
  -or-



• A number (or letter) followed by punctuation (for example, a period).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually capitalize the first letter of the sentence with the SHIFT key.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 8.0

Keywords : kbualink97 kbusage word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug