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# First Letter of Sentence or Paragraph Not Always Capitalized

Article ID: 116217

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q116217

## SYMPTOMS

Word does not always capitalize the first letter of a sentence or paragraph, even when the "Capitalize First Letter of Sentences" option is turned on under AutoCorrect.
For example, Word does not capitalize a word that appears after two or more abbreviated letters, like U.S.A., even if the first word after the abbreviation is in a separate paragraph.
Word may capitalize only the first item in a list series, such as:

Cat
dog
rabbit

This may also occur if the preceding sentence end with a space and then a period. For example:

This is the first sentence.
this is the second sentence with no capitalization.

## CAUSE

This behavior is by design in Word for Windows version 6.0. The AutoCorrect feature does not interpret abbreviations or short phrases as constituting sentences.

## WORKAROUND

Type the capital letter, or select the first letter and press SHIFT+F3 to change the capitalization.

Additional query words: 6.00a autocorrect capital capitals capitol 6.00c word95 word7 word6 winword sentence case capitalize uppercase lowercase

Keywords: kbformat KB116217