Lower case letter to begin sentence (2000/2003)

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I’m working with a company with a non-standard format name. Let’s call it xCompany (lower case first letter, upper case second letter). I’ve managed to get autocorrect NOT to try to correct this to Xcompany – with the exception of when a sentence begins with that name. But having to police each beginning-of-a-sentence occurrence is driving me nuts. Even remembering to run a global search and replace is a pain.

Is there anything I can do to disable the autocorrect that happens at the beginning of a sentence, JUST for cases in which the sentence begins with xCompany?

I grovel at the feet of anyone who can help. Thanks in advance,
-K.

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I’m using Word 2002 SP-3. If I start a sentence with xcompany, Word corrects it to Xcompany, and if I add xCompany as an AutoCorrect entry, it becomes XCompany. But if I start a sentence with xCompany, Word leaves it alone.

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If you use the “Other Corrections” tab of the AutoCorrect Exceptions dialog, does that apply to this situation?

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Not in Word 2000. But it does in Word 2003! Solution: Stop using 2000, or learn to suffer this annoyance with a smile.

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