To add to this, I'm not seeing that particular reply from Jay any more, but
a single hyphen *will* be converted to an en dash if it is preceded by a
space; this is true whether or not it is followed by a space, though the
purpose of this conversion is to achieve the spaced en dash (space-en
dash-space) that is used in British documents instead of an em dash with no
spaces.
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"Arlene" wrote in message
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Am I missing something? Here is the only reply I see from Jay and it does
not
explain the difference:
Hi Greg,
The AutoFormat options Tony mentioned are triggered by typing two hyphens
together, not by a single hyphen. I think you may separately have an
AutoCorrect item in your list. There isn't one by default, but it could
have
been added. When I define an entry to convert a single hyphen to an en
dash,
it does work.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
That's why I referred you to Jay's answer, which explains the difference
between AutoFormat and AutoFormat As You Type.
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"Arlene" wrote in message
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Thanks, Suzanne, but I'm asking the question more generically--not
specifically about the dash/hyphen issue.
Arlene
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Please see Jay's response to your previous question on the same
subject.
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"Arlene" wrote in message
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Tony--can you explain the difference in what happens when you
boxes in
AutoFormat vs. AutoFormat as you type?
Arlene
"Tony Jollans" wrote:
It's an autoformat ...
Tools AutoCorrect Options
On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs
Uncheck replace hyphens with dash
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Enjoy,
Tony
"tinachesney" wrote in
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Is there a default setting of some type?
Thanks, Chris