General ⇒ First Letter of an Acronym as Capital

[mvd]

Hi all,

I have all acronyms defined with lower case, e.g.,
\acro{TEDC}{tunable electrical dispersion compensation}.

However, when I start a new sentence:

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(...) dispersion compensation. \ac{TEDC} using (.)))

in the output pdf file I get
(...) dispersion compensation. tunable electrical dispersion compensation (TEDC) (...)

What should I do to set the first character of an acronym to Capital size in the beginning of a sentence, i.e.,

(...) dispersion compensation. Tunable electrical dispersion compensation (TEDC) (...)

??

Thanks for your help!

[meho_r]

I suppose you're using acronym package. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to do that. However, you might try glossaries package, which has implemented this feature. E.g.:

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\documentclass{book}

\usepackage[acronym,shortcuts]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

%%% Glossaries/Acronyms
\newacronym{tedc}{TEDC}{tunable electrical dispersion compensation}

\begin{document}

Some text.  \Ac{tedc}.

\printglossaries

\end{document}

As you can see, \Ac command makes sure that first letter is capitalized.

Note that, if your file is named, e.g., myfile.tex, you'll need to run the sequence:
1. latex myfile
2. makeglossaries myfile
3. latex myfile
to get glossaries/acronyms displayed correctly.

You'll need to change \acro commands for defining acronyms, but, thanks to shortcuts package option, you don't have to change \ac commands in text.

[mvd]

Thanks! I'll give it a try ASAP.

[cgnieder]

I'm normally not jumping on old topics. In this case however I want to present an alternative solution: the acro package:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{acro}

\DeclareAcronym{tedc}{TEDC}{tunable electrical dispersion compensation}

\begin{document}

Some text. \Ac{tedc}.
\printacronyms

\end{document}

Regards