Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007 and 2010. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Dealing with Run-On Sentences.
Mia often edits documents containing run-on sentences. Invariably these are two sentences that are currently joined by a comma. Mia wants to replace the comma with a period and then capitalize the first letter of the next word. Doing this manually gets repetitive and time-consuming, so she would like to create a macro and a keyboard shortcut to handle the process.
You could actually record a macro to handle this type of edit. Put your insertion point to the left of the comma and start the macro recorder. You can then perform these steps:
You can now stop the macro recorder. The macro could be assigned to a shortcut key or added to the Quick Access Toolbar. If you examine the macro, you will find that it looks similar to the following:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007 and 2010. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: 
Sub FixRunOn()
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, _
Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
Selection.TypeText Text:="."
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, _
Count:=1
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, _
Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
Selection.Range.Case = wdUpperCase
End Sub
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2013-09-09 08:11:46
Bryan
Sounds like Mia might be better served by giving someone a grammar lesson... unless the person writing all the run-ons is her boss!
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