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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"pegfishr" wrote in message
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"Surelyknot" wrote:
Thanks Suzanne for the explanation. I will use the keyboard shortcut
that
Graham suggested. That works for me.
Thanks to both of you.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If you type two hyphens together with no spaces before or after, they
will
be converted to an em (not en) dash after you complete the word
following
the hyphens.
To get two hyphens (or a single hyphen) converted to an en dash, you
must
include spaces before and after the hyphen(s).
As Graham says, using a keyboard shortcut is more direct and more
easily
controllable (especially if you want to insert an en dash where you
don't
want spaces). If you don't have easy access to a numeric keypad, you
can
assign your own keyboard shortcut (I use Ctrl+Shift+N).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Surelyknot" wrote in message
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I'm using Word 2003 Windows XP
I cannot get two hyphens typed together to become an en dash.
I've gone into Tools - Auto Correct Options and under Autoformat and
Aoutformat as you type have checked the box for changing hyphens to
an en
dash.
Any suggestions? Is there something else that needs to be checked?