Jun 18, 2019

My won't gmail capitalize the first word in every line?

No matter what I do, gmail will not automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word of each line...
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Jun 19, 2019
Ariel,

That functionality does not exist while typing on the web/internet. That's a Word Processor function as would be found in programs such as Microsoft Word. It is available in mobile apps, and email client programs such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird, but wouldn't work in webmail.
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Jun 19, 2019
Gmail does not have auto-correct or even auto spell-check (only manual).
 
While browsers have auto spell-check, they do not have auto-correct.
 
So you'l need to find some browser extension or other utility to do that sort of auto-correction when composing messages.
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Jan 26, 2020
Charli,
 
Webmail isn't a program. You can do your typing in a program and attach it to the email if you need better word processing options.
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Jun 19, 2019
Gmail does not have auto-correct or even auto spell-check (only manual).
 
While browsers have auto spell-check, they do not have auto-correct.
 
So you'l need to find some browser extension or other utility to do that sort of auto-correction when composing messages.
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Jun 19, 2019
Ariel,

That functionality does not exist while typing on the web/internet. That's a Word Processor function as would be found in programs such as Microsoft Word. It is available in mobile apps, and email client programs such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird, but wouldn't work in webmail.
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Jan 1, 2020
That is crazy, so I guess Iʻll have to compose by letter in Word or Google Docs, cut/copy and paste it to Compose.  Iʻm surprised at gmail.
Jan 1, 2020
Pete,
 
Did you read my previous response? It is not a Gmail issue. It is what you get when working on the internet (in the cloud) rather than on your computer. Gmail (and Yahoo, and Hotmail, and many others) are all functioning in the cloud. Microsoft Outlook is an email program on your computer. It's cousin Microsoft Word which you said you'd use, is a word processor on your computer. 
 
By the way, I was originally taught to write letters in MS Word and add them as attachments to emails to send. I'd never copy and paste the contents into the body of an email. 
Hello Ariel Smith. Thanks for posting to Gmail.
 
Unless each new line was also starting a new sentence, why would someone want odd capitalization in the middle of a two line sentence...Just curious.
 
Jan 17, 2020
i think that might be what the first poster meant. gmail does not capitalise the first letter of each sentence. i have the same issue. im sure it never used to happen, but maybe im remembering hotmail. this is an example of how it types. maybe we're just so used to auto-correct options elsewhere. thanks
Hotmail didn't/doesn't do it either, nor Outlook.com.
Jan 26, 2020
If google can make its program do so many other things, why can't it do this?  it's very annoying.
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Jan 26, 2020
Charli,
 
Webmail isn't a program. You can do your typing in a program and attach it to the email if you need better word processing options.
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