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         <title id="tit">Adding Exceptions to the AutoCorrect List</title>
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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3152887"><bookmark_value>AutoCorrect function; adding exceptions</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>exceptions; AutoCorrect function</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>abbreviations</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>capital letters;avoiding after specific abbreviations</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>MW added "capital letters;..."</comment>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3154254" role="paragraph">You can prevent AutoCorrect from correcting specific abbreviations or words that have mixed capital letters and lowercase letters. </paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3155576" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options</item>, and then click the <item type="menuitem">Exceptions</item> tab.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3147762" role="listitem">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3147786" role="listitem">Type the abbreviation followed by a period in the <emph>Abbreviations (no subsequent capital) </emph>box and click <emph>New</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3147812" role="listitem">Type the word in the <emph>Words with TWo INitial CApitals </emph>box and click <emph>New</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <tip id="par_id3144875">To quickly undo an AutoCorrect replacement, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Z. This also adds the word or abbreviation that you typed to the AutoCorrect exceptions list.</tip>

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