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**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/809368>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/809368 "2018-02-22T21:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/1 "2018-02-22T21:09:35Z")

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When I type … and press the spacebar, it’s replaced by …  
(Pro-tip: You can undo the replacement by pressing Ctrl+Z.)

This is something I’m used to from Microsoft Word and Outlook, but today is the first time I’ve noticed it happening on the SDMB. Is it a new feature of the board, due to an upgrade? Or just something I failed to notice for the past 14 years?

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/2 "2018-02-22T21:22:16Z")

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… … … … … …

Not seeing it unless it happens after you hit post.

eta:nope

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/3 "2018-02-22T21:29:54Z")

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Nothing has changed on the SDMB side of things.

I can’t reproduce it on either Windows 7 or Windows 10, both running Firefox. What browser/OS are you using? It might be related to a recent browser upgrade.

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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/4 "2018-02-22T21:40:06Z")

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test … test … test …

Nope, nothing for me (Chrome, Windows 10)

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/5 "2018-02-22T22:04:04Z")

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… = three periods in a row  
… = option semicolon on a Mac

Officially and professionally we use escape number 8230 …

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**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/6 "2018-02-24T10:37:44Z")

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Hmm, I saw it in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10… After noticing it, I tried Internet Explorer and got the same, so I figured it wasn’t browser specific, but maybe it’s just a Microsoft thing.

Funny I’ve never noticed before, since I think I use ellipses a lot. But now I notice it doesn’t happen if I put spaces in between the periods . . . which is my usual style. On Thursday when I noticed it, I was leaving the spaces out for some reason. Maybe my brain had a software upgrade. Or … downgrade? 😉

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//809368/7 "2018-02-24T11:52:30Z")

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I just wish the software was smart enough to turn this – into this —.