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The trick for cc: in AutoCorrect is to use a ; or /

Posted By: Cheri on 2007-03-01
In Reply to: does anyone have a fix for the cc: not capping in word? sm - LMT

in front of cc in the replace box so Word will back up and change the cap to lowercase. It's a lot faster than AutoText.

;c expands to cc:



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Need autocorrect for cc to mL and also cc: Thanks!

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