LR 1.3.1 Keyword Bug

Did a search and couldn't find any reference to this, but when I start typing a keyword and get the pull-down with the choices that start with the letter(s), if I've entered a lower case letter but select a capitalized keyword, the keyword will retain the lower case.
This is a problem because keywords are case sensitive and it creates a new keyword instead of using the one selected. I've noticed this problem since 1.0.
John Gregson

on LR 1.2 in Vista this is occuring as well. Keyword tags typed by "Keywording" in the right menu are case sensitive.
If 'pets' exists as a keyword and 'Pets' is typed... the selection will show 'pets' but if 'Pets' is used, then a new parent level keyword is created. Very frustrating.
Also, it would be nice if the synonym keywords were tagged to the metadata automatically.

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    W.W. Webster wrote:
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