Capital C is changed to lower case

[JimPetty]

I have a weird bug in Affinity Publisher -- if I type a "C." (capital C, period), Publisher frequently converts the capital C to lower case.  For example, if I type "John C. Doe", as soon as I type the period, the "C" changes to "c".  However, if the "C." begins a sentence or paragraph, it's unchanged.  The problem is easily corrected by selecting the lower case "c" and overwriting it with a "C".  However if I type a "." after it, it changes back to lower case. 

This problem doesn't occur with any other letters.

I'm using the latest versions of Affinity Publisher and MacOS Monterey.  I don't know how long this problem has existed (I've just been living with it), but I'd guess at least six months.

Jim

[Komatös]

Hi @JimPetty

Maybe an entry in the autocorrect option. But I don't know where to find on publisher for Mac. In Windows to find under Edit -> Autocorrect. 

[stokerg]

Hi @JimPettyand Welcome to the Forums,

Try this, go into Preferences for Affinity and on the Auto-Correct section, uncheck Capitalise first letter of sentence, then close Preferences.  Now try typing and you should find it doesn't happen again  

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, stokerg said:

Try this, go into Preferences for Affinity and on the Auto-Correct section, uncheck Capitalise first letter of sentence, then close Preferences.  Now try typing and you should find it doesn't happen again  

That prevents unwanted conversion from lowercase to initial capital. It doesn’t prevent unwanted conversion from caps to lowercase.

 

[stokerg]

11 minutes ago, Alfred said:

That prevents unwanted conversion from lowercase to initial capital. It doesn’t prevent unwanted conversion from caps to lowercase.

 

Well in my test, with that option checked, typing a name like John C. Doe isn't possible, as it's auto-corrected to a lowercase C.   With that option unchecked, i'm able to type the name without the C being changed to lowercase.  I'm on a Mac at the moment, so can't confirm if its the same on Windows.

[PaulEC]

Seems to be the same on Windows, but as JimPetty pointed out, it's odd that it only happens with C!

EDIT: I think I've tracked it down! c. is listed in Abbreviations and C. gets auto corrected to c. - remove it from the list of Abbreviations and it is no longer "corrected".

[walt.farrell]

Or if you notice it immediately as you're typing it, you should be able to Undo and fix it that way, too. But it means you have to be watching the screen carefully as you type, so that's not a great workaround.

[JimPetty]

Thanks, everyone, for your responses.  Here's what worked:  stokerg and Alfred got it right for me -- unchecking "Capitalize ..." in Autocorrect works.  I also tried PaulEC's suggestion of removing the "c." from the Abbreviations list, but it had no effect on the problem.  walt.farrell:  I agree - it's a crappy work-around, but I was too lazy to dig for the answer.