If I am typing a new message and hit return instead of letting the line
overflow Outlook capitalizes the first letter on the next line. How do I
stop Outlook from doing this.

crhras wrote:
If I am typing a new message and hit return instead of letting the
line overflow Outlook capitalizes the first letter on the next line. How
do I stop Outlook from doing this.

Don't you want all your sentences to begin with capital letters?

That said, although you don't mention your version of Outlook or the mail
editor you're using, go to tools | options | spelling - untick the box for
"Capitalize first letter of sentences."

But don't go all e. e. cummings, or you'll just irritate
spelling/grammar/punctuation cranks like me. We are legion.

Stop hitting the Enter key. Let the program do its job.
"crhras" wrote in message
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If I am typing a new message and hit return instead of letting the line
overflow Outlook capitalizes the first letter on the next line. How do I
stop Outlook from doing this.

When I hit enter to go to a newline I am usually not starting a new
sentence. Outlook assumes for some unknown reason that I am. Seems much
more logical to me for Outlook to look for sentence-ending punctuation and a
following space rather than a newline.

BTW, I had already tried your solution but it doesn't seem to work for me.

Thank you for your response.


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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crhras wrote:
If I am typing a new message and hit return instead of letting the
line overflow Outlook capitalizes the first letter on the next line. How
do I stop Outlook from doing this.

Don't you want all your sentences to begin with capital letters?

That said, although you don't mention your version of Outlook or the mail
editor you're using, go to tools | options | spelling - untick the box
for "Capitalize first letter of sentences."

But don't go all e. e. cummings, or you'll just irritate
spelling/grammar/punctuation cranks like me. We are legion.

Beautiful advice. Unfortunately, it won't work in my situation. I have a
need to send emails where the text lines do not exceed 80 characters and
just because I am starting a new line doesn't mean that I am starting a new
sentence.

I can hear your advice now. "Change the email client you use to read the
text".


"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
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Stop hitting the Enter key. Let the program do its job.
"crhras" wrote in message
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If I am typing a new message and hit return instead of letting the line
overflow Outlook capitalizes the first letter on the next line. How do I
stop Outlook from doing this.

I take that back. It worked just fine. Strange, I remember doing it a
while ago and it didn't work.

Thanks again.

crhras wrote:

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Seems
much more logical to me for Outlook to look for sentence-ending
punctuation and a following space rather than a newline.

What if you were composing poetry?

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I see from your later post that it did work after all - thanks for the
update.

Good point, but I would say use the shift key in that situation.


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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crhras wrote:

snip

Seems
much more logical to me for Outlook to look for sentence-ending
punctuation and a following space rather than a newline.

What if you were composing poetry?

snip
I see from your later post that it did work after all - thanks for the
update.

crhras wrote:
Beautiful advice. Unfortunately, it won't work in my situation. I
have a need to send emails where the text lines do not exceed 80
characters and just because I am starting a new line doesn't mean
that I am starting a new sentence.

I can hear your advice now. "Change the email client you use to
read the text".

Are you sure that Outlook doesn't send a plain text email over SMTP with the
characters cut off at 80? I, for some reason, thought it did.

--
f.h.

No, I'm sure that it doesn't.

"F.H. Muffman" wrote in message
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crhras wrote:
Beautiful advice. Unfortunately, it won't work in my situation. I
have a need to send emails where the text lines do not exceed 80
characters and just because I am starting a new line doesn't mean
that I am starting a new sentence.

I can hear your advice now. "Change the email client you use to
read the text".

Are you sure that Outlook doesn't send a plain text email over SMTP with
the characters cut off at 80? I, for some reason, thought it did.

--
f.h.