Autocorrect question/problem

I have windows 98 second edition. I was told that in autocorrect if you type a semicolon after your entry that the space at the beginning of your entry will be deleted. For example, what I'm trying to do is type 48;yo and have it come out 48-year-old, but for some reason it keeps coming out 48;-year-old. What am I doing wrong. I do it at work and it seems to work just fine. This is so annoying. Thanks!

Follow Ups:

• Link inside tells you how. Depends - on Word version 17:09:11 08/14/04 (0)
• You may have to create a macro using ; as the macro name. - mary 13:02:53 08/13/04 (0)