automatic periods in WP

[Frederick W. Schueler]

I wrote:

I wonder if anyone who
uses one of the later versions of Word Perfect has learned how
to defeat the automatic capitalization of the letter that
follows a period, thereby persistantly capitalizing the
specific epithet that follows an abbreviated generic name.

Monique D. Reed wrote:

> If anyone comes up with a fix for this feature, please let all of us
> know.  It is one of the banes of my existence.  Try and write a
> flora, having to go back and un-capitalize every blasted specific
> epithet, sometimes more than once...

* several People responded to my problem, and the solution is as

Jon Reny and Renee Rose wrote:
>
>  you go to the Tools Drop Down Menu and inside is a "Quick
> Correct" feature. Select it & go into the Options Menu. I believe it is
> is in there you should find the option to turn-off the automatic
> capitalization.

* so that's the solution.  There are so many features in these programs
and the 'help' (and all computer documentation) does so little to lead
you to them if you don't know the [arbitrary] name, that I knew all I
had to do as ask and I'd get the answer, but there was no whay I could
find it by either trial and error or by searching.

But can anybody imagine what the systematic literature would be like if
we handled synonyms as badly as computer documentation does?  This past
spring I mentioned the "set carry on" command of dBase III+ (which
repeats the contents of the previous record in a new record) to a
biologist who had worked with databases for more than a decade, and had
abandoned dBase for Excell largely because Excell had this feature. You
could see a shadow of grief pass over his normally cheerful face as
those hundreds of wasted hours of retyping passed in recollection like
a wraith.

The 'capitalized specific epithets' feature of WP isn't as bad as that,
but it's sure a relief to know where to go to turn it off!

thanks,

fred schueler.
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