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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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 Posted - 02/08/2009 : 11:18:41
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I'm having a problem which I have trouble believing, but after 15 minutes of trying there seems to be no solution. I am trying to make a simple brochure but MSWord is playing tricks. I want the title to be CHARLES DARWIN, but every time I type it in the upper case appears fine until I hit the enter key or the space bar, then it's automatically changed to CHARLES Darwin. It does not occur with my own name or any other I use. It also does it if I just type DARWIN on its own. I have tried various font sizes and styles, no joy, to have his surname appear in all upper case is simply not possible with my version of Word. This has never been a problem before, is it possible that some bastard fundie has engineered a virus that will tinker with some words? Why not make it so that the name cannot be entered at all?
I'm stumped, and whoever can suggest a fix that doesn't necessitate me erasing Word and reloading it will have my eternal admiration.
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Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 11:29:51 [Permalink]
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Try highlighting the name, going to Format --> Font --> then look under Effects and check the "All Caps" box.
That should put the name in all uppercase. I don't think it's likely to be a virus. It might be the grammar-checker thinking it knows better than you or something.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 12:11:13 [Permalink]
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| Thanks double H, that works, but I still can't figure out why 'Darwin' is the only word affected by this. If it was a grammar checker it should do it to others, haven't found anything else yet. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
Baculum's page: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3947338590 |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 12:29:42 [Permalink]
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Must be that demon in MSWord.
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 13:10:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Thanks double H, that works... |
So do I now have your eternal admiration? Awesome. I always wanted to be admired for all eternity.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 13:15:16 [Permalink]
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Sounds like your computer has the dreaded "Hovind Virus". I strongly caution you against using it to figure your income taxes.  |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 14:55:04 [Permalink]
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PROBLEM SOLVED! Turns out someone had made some changes to the 'auto correct' such that every time the word 'darwin' was entered it was automatically capitalised, and it also buggered up a fully capitalised word. My daughter has been doing a few projects for school lately and was probably having trouble with it, so she must have modified the auto correct settings.
You still have my undying admiration HH! Every fundie within my vengeful grasp is now safe, and that's a good thing. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
Baculum's page: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3947338590 |
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Fundie virus?!
