Where may I turn off auto-capitalization feature?

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I type: 1. a4 and Scrivener feature after pressing space bar becomes: 1. A4.

How do I stop this feature? I am writing a chess book with algebraic notation. It will be impossible to write this book, if unable to disable feature.

Thank you in advance,

John Hayes

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According to the Scrivener manual for Windows (I hope that’s correct, I’m a Mac user) you’ll find the setting via Tools → Options… → Corrections: “Fix capitalization of sentences”. And maybe also (don’t) “Capitalize ‘i’”.

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thanks - I found the answer here…

Hayes

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Sorry, I assumed from your profile that it was Win-Scrivener related.

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File>options>Corrections will see ability to adjust capitalization.

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got it, thank you very much

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Thank you for that screenshot. I’m turning that stuff off right now.

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Scrivner should NEVER start out with autocorrect capitalizing the letters after a punctuation mark. I say this because it is a writer’s program. Writers write dialogue. You don’t capitalize the letter following the dialogue.

How do I set it so that this stops?

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Actually, it’s more complicated than that. If the line of dialogue is followed by a dialogue tag, then there’s no capital letter:
“Watch out!” he shouted.

But if it’s an ordinary sentence, it should be capitalized.
He shouted, “Watch out!” The men in the boat couldn’t hear him, though.

And of course writers, even fiction writers, write a lot of things that aren’t dialogue as well.

In any case, in Mac Scrivener you’ll find the option in the Settings → Corrections pane.

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