autocorrect parentheses

[Millieac]

I am trying to create an autocorrect to remove the space after a parentheses.
In other words I want to replace a ( and a space with just (. However, when I
go to autocorrect, the Add button will not enable when I do this.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Why is the space being added in the first place? If it is added by Word, the
underlying cause might be an incorrect (?) language setting, since
punctuation behaves differently depending on the language applied to text.

In other words, it might be easier to specify the appropriate language in
the text than to get rid of a space via AutoCorrect.

 

[Millie C.]

It happens because I am a bad typist. I hit the spacebar after typing an
opening paren. I want Word to autocorrect it for me.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Have you considered using Find and Replace (after you've finished typing the
document)?

 

[Millie C.]

That's what I do. But it would be nice if it autocorrected it as I type.

 

[Stefan Blom]

I don't see a way to do what you are asking via AutoCorrect. Sorry.