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From: EM-C on 4 Mar 2010 19:33
Hello,
Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000 form (in locked
mode) and there is a space preceding the characters, it automatically
deletes. Do you know how to correct this? (I noticed it doesn't happen when
they're typed next to a character without a space in between). Thank you.
From: Twayne on 7 Mar 2010 17:12
In news:2AE2A203-5280-495C-8EB6-104ABE1E9160(a)microsoft.com,
EM-C <EMC(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Hello,
> Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000
> form (in locked mode) and there is a space preceding the
> characters, it automatically deletes. Do you know how to
> correct this? (I noticed it doesn't happen when they're
> typed next to a character without a space in between).
> Thank you.

A proper ellipses occurs without a space first; apparently Word knows
that... so the preceding is OK but ... isn't, because that form is usually
used to indicate a missing word, not trailing off to nothing.

--
--
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
through personal experience does not become a
part of the moral tissue.

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 7 Mar 2010 18:41
The "proper" use of the ellipsis varies by language. Some typesetters put
spaces before and after, and some snub it entirely, insisting on spaced
periods (using nonbreaking spaces) instead.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:ek0bQNkvKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> In news:2AE2A203-5280-495C-8EB6-104ABE1E9160(a)microsoft.com,
> EM-C <EMC(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>> Hello,
>> Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000
>> form (in locked mode) and there is a space preceding the
>> characters, it automatically deletes. Do you know how to
>> correct this? (I noticed it doesn't happen when they're
>> typed next to a character without a space in between).
>> Thank you.
>
> A proper ellipses occurs without a space first; apparently Word knows
> that... so the preceding is OK but ... isn't, because that form is usually
> used to indicate a missing word, not trailing off to nothing.
>
> --
> --
> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
> through personal experience does not become a
> part of the moral tissue.
>

From: Peter T. Daniels on 8 Mar 2010 00:42
And the style is different depending on whether there is an end-of-
sentence period in addition to the ellipse, and there are styles that
don't permit four periods even when the ellipse precedes or follows a
sentence-ending period.

On Mar 7, 6:41 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote:
> The "proper" use of the ellipsis varies by language. Some typesetters put
> spaces before and after, and some snub it entirely, insisting on spaced
> periods (using nonbreaking spaces) instead.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Twayne" <nob...(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
>
> news:ek0bQNkvKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > Innews:2AE2A203-5280-495C-8EB6-104ABE1E9160(a)microsoft.com,
> > EM-C <E...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >> Hello,
> >> Each time I type the ellipses symbol (...) in a Word 2000
> >> form (in locked mode) and there is a space preceding the
> >> characters, it automatically deletes.  Do you know how to
> >> correct this?  (I noticed it doesn't happen when they're
> >> typed next to a character without a space in between).
> >> Thank you.
>
> > A proper ellipses occurs without a space first; apparently Word knows
> > that... so the preceding is OK but ... isn't, because that form is usually
> > used to indicate a missing word, not trailing off to nothing.
>
> > --
> > --
> > Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
> > through personal experience does not become a
> > part of the moral tissue.-
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