Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / September 2008

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hi,
I have noticed that since i started using powerpoint 2008 for MAC - i have an issue which i cannot seem to resolve.

It is with the Autocomplete feature.

As you know, when you type something that matches an autocomplete entry, the powerpoint will autocomplete the word for you, similarly for Auto Capilisation of words at the start of a sentence.

Well, this is good, but when it happens for me, powerpoint will mark the word as a spelling error - EXCLUDING the first letter.

An example will clear it up for you.

Say i want to type the word "auto" and it happens to be the first word of a sentence.

I type "auto"
pp08 will autocorrect it to "Auto"
however there will be a RED line under the "uto" and if you right click, of course there is no suggested word since it's not similar to any real word.

I have setup some autocomplete entries myself in office which i use regularly (like my company name) and when that autocompletes, the same thing happens, the first letter is NOT underlined, while the rest of the word is, and you cannot fix it other than to type the whole word out - defeating the purpose of autocomplete.

Surely someone else has seen this behaviour.

Try it, open a new PP08 file (cmd+N)
Click on the "Click to add title"
and type "auto" then press (spacebar) you will see what i mean!!

HELP!