space in front of a semi-colon

[questioner]

How can you stop Word from putting a space in front of a semi-colon
automatically?

Thank you

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By changing the language to English (U.S.) (or at least some flavor of
English). This behavior is doubtless caused by having French or some other
language selected.

 

[questionner]

Suzanne,

Thank you, but I've checked this out and it doesnt seem to matter what
language its in. It doesnt do this all the time (ie. putting a space
automatically in front of a semi-colon), but most of the time.

If it is some kind of language thing (ie. flipping in and out of another
language) is there a way to change a language's settings?

Thank you,

Stephanie

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For a start, make sure that "Detect language automatically" is disabled in
Tools | Language | Set Language.