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Subject:Re: Twilight Zone during Word session??? From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:30:32 -0600
In our previous episode, John Nesbit said:
>
> A puzzlement--perhaps I just invaded the Twilight Zone, but...
> I accidently created a smiley face character on my Word document when
> attempting to write an end parentheses )
> I tried to duplucate the feat and checked a few Word resources to no
> avail.
> Does anyone out there know about this feature??
>
It's an autocorrect thing. If you type any of the standard "face" key
combinations (such as :-) or :) ), Word 97's default autocorrect
entries replace them with the corresponding Wingding.
You probably typed a colon before the parenthesis.
You can get rid of these by going into Tools|Autocorrect and deleting
the appropriate entries -- they should be near the top of the list.
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Beth Friedman bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
"If you can forgive your parents and forgive the Cubs, you can save
about $25,000 in therapy."
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