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OL2003 Auto inserts space before ? and !Using Outlook 2003 with Word as the email editor, a space is being
automatically inserted before question marks and exclamation points. This started recently and I don't know why. How do I disable this? Thanks, David David Lipetz wrote:
> Using Outlook 2003 with Word as the email editor, a space is being You probably have it set to British English.> automatically inserted before question marks and exclamation points. This > started recently and I don't know why. How do I disable this? > > Thanks, > David > > Alias David Lipetz wrote:
> Using Outlook 2003 with Word as the email editor, a space is being Is it set to British English?> automatically inserted before question marks and exclamation points. This > started recently and I don't know why. How do I disable this? > > Thanks, > David > > Alias Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around
Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any parameter for language. Show quoteHide quote "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message news:gpooan$m69$1@news.motzarella.org... > David Lipetz wrote: >> Using Outlook 2003 with Word as the email editor, a space is being >> automatically inserted before question marks and exclamation points. >> This started recently and I don't know why. How do I disable this? >> >> Thanks, >> David > > Is it set to British English? > > Alias David Lipetz wrote:
> Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around Outlook reacts to whatever you have your keyboard set to. Check that.> Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any parameter > for language. Alias Show quoteHide quote > > > "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message > news:gpooan$m69$1@news.motzarella.org... >> David Lipetz wrote: >>> Using Outlook 2003 with Word as the email editor, a space is being >>> automatically inserted before question marks and exclamation points. >>> This started recently and I don't know why. How do I disable this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> David >> Is it set to British English? >> >> Alias > > "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message My languages - keyboard, etc - are all set to British and I have no problems news:gpoqlb$7pa$4@news.motzarella.org... > David Lipetz wrote: >> Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around >> Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any parameter >> for language. > > Outlook reacts to whatever you have your keyboard set to. Check that. > > Alias >> >> with auto space insert, neither in Outlook nor Word, so the British English thing doesn't look correct. Googling "space before question mark" threw up a Wikipedia reference to what is called French punctuation, where it is customary to insert a space before query or screamer. Vous n'etes pas francais? John Not French. Plain old English.
Where are places I should look to see if something is set correctly. Where is the keyboard setting? It's not in Control Panel that I can find (WinXP Pro SP3) Show quoteHide quote "John Nice" <johnDOTniceATbtinternetDOTcom> wrote in message news:haadnY7eRYPHbyLUnZ2dnUVZ8jyWnZ2d@bt.com... > > "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message > news:gpoqlb$7pa$4@news.motzarella.org... >> David Lipetz wrote: >>> Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around >>> Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any >>> parameter for language. >> >> Outlook reacts to whatever you have your keyboard set to. Check that. >> >> Alias >>> >>> > > My languages - keyboard, etc - are all set to British and I have no > problems with auto space insert, neither in Outlook nor Word, so the > British English thing doesn't look correct. Googling "space before > question mark" threw up a Wikipedia reference to what is called French > punctuation, where it is customary to insert a space before query or > screamer. Vous n'etes pas francais? > > John > check autocorrect first. Make sure you don't have a definition to convert !
to " !" and ? to " ?". -- Show quoteHide quoteDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: mailto:dailytips-subscribe-requ***@lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQU***@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "David Lipetz" <dlip***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#6upNezpJHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Not French. Plain old English. > > Where are places I should look to see if something is set correctly. Where > is the keyboard setting? It's not in Control Panel that I can find (WinXP > Pro SP3) > > > "John Nice" <johnDOTniceATbtinternetDOTcom> wrote in message > news:haadnY7eRYPHbyLUnZ2dnUVZ8jyWnZ2d@bt.com... >> >> "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message >> news:gpoqlb$7pa$4@news.motzarella.org... >>> David Lipetz wrote: >>>> Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around >>>> Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any >>>> parameter for language. >>> >>> Outlook reacts to whatever you have your keyboard set to. Check that. >>> >>> Alias >>>> >>>> >> >> My languages - keyboard, etc - are all set to British and I have no >> problems with auto space insert, neither in Outlook nor Word, so the >> British English thing doesn't look correct. Googling "space before >> question mark" threw up a Wikipedia reference to what is called French >> punctuation, where it is customary to insert a space before query or >> screamer. Vous n'etes pas francais? >> >> John >> > > Double checked. There are no AutoCorrect settings for ? or !.
Dictionary is set to English (U.S.) for what that's worth. Show quoteHide quote "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlook***@msn.com> wrote in message news:evNvq2zpJHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > check autocorrect first. Make sure you don't have a definition to convert > ! to " !" and ? to " ?". > > -- > Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] > Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ > Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com > > Outlook Tips by email: > mailto:dailytips-subscribe-requ***@lists.outlooktips.net > > EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: > mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQU***@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > You can access this newsgroup by visiting > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your > newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. > > > "David Lipetz" <dlip***@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:#6upNezpJHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Not French. Plain old English. >> >> Where are places I should look to see if something is set correctly. >> Where is the keyboard setting? It's not in Control Panel that I can find >> (WinXP Pro SP3) >> >> >> "John Nice" <johnDOTniceATbtinternetDOTcom> wrote in message >> news:haadnY7eRYPHbyLUnZ2dnUVZ8jyWnZ2d@bt.com... >>> >>> "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:gpoqlb$7pa$4@news.motzarella.org... >>>> David Lipetz wrote: >>>>> Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around >>>>> Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any >>>>> parameter for language. >>>> >>>> Outlook reacts to whatever you have your keyboard set to. Check that. >>>> >>>> Alias >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> My languages - keyboard, etc - are all set to British and I have no >>> problems with auto space insert, neither in Outlook nor Word, so the >>> British English thing doesn't look correct. Googling "space before >>> question mark" threw up a Wikipedia reference to what is called French >>> punctuation, where it is customary to insert a space before query or >>> screamer. Vous n'etes pas francais? >>> >>> John >>> >> >> Word is the editor? Check the goofy settings for things like word perfect
compatibility - I don't think that specific one causes it but something in the compatibility options might. -- Show quoteHide quoteDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: mailto:dailytips-subscribe-requ***@lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQU***@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "David Lipetz" <dlip***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#qPat5zpJHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Double checked. There are no AutoCorrect settings for ? or !. > > Dictionary is set to English (U.S.) for what that's worth. > > > > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlook***@msn.com> wrote in message > news:evNvq2zpJHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> check autocorrect first. Make sure you don't have a definition to convert >> ! to " !" and ? to " ?". >> >> -- >> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] >> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ >> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com >> >> Outlook Tips by email: >> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-requ***@lists.outlooktips.net >> >> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: >> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQU***@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> >> You can access this newsgroup by visiting >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point >> your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. >> >> >> "David Lipetz" <dlip***@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:#6upNezpJHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> Not French. Plain old English. >>> >>> Where are places I should look to see if something is set correctly. >>> Where is the keyboard setting? It's not in Control Panel that I can find >>> (WinXP Pro SP3) >>> >>> >>> "John Nice" <johnDOTniceATbtinternetDOTcom> wrote in message >>> news:haadnY7eRYPHbyLUnZ2dnUVZ8jyWnZ2d@bt.com... >>>> >>>> "Alias" <iamaliasN***@THISgmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:gpoqlb$7pa$4@news.motzarella.org... >>>>> David Lipetz wrote: >>>>>> Is what set to British English? Where should I look? I poked around >>>>>> Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect Options and did not see any >>>>>> parameter for language. >>>>> >>>>> Outlook reacts to whatever you have your keyboard set to. Check that. >>>>> >>>>> Alias >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> My languages - keyboard, etc - are all set to British and I have no >>>> problems with auto space insert, neither in Outlook nor Word, so the >>>> British English thing doesn't look correct. Googling "space before >>>> question mark" threw up a Wikipedia reference to what is called French >>>> punctuation, where it is customary to insert a space before query or >>>> screamer. Vous n'etes pas francais? >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> >>> > >  
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