The reply I am referring to is to your post with the subject line
"AutoFormat v. AutoFormat As You Type," as follows:
If all the options in the two tabs of the options dialog are set the
same way, then their results will be identical. If the options are set
differently, then "as you type" autoformatting will behave the way its
options dictate, while the "command" autoformatting will behave as the
other set of options dictates.
The "command" version is useful when you get your text by importing it
from somewhere else rather than typing it. That might be a plain-text
file, copy/paste from another program (e.g., a web browser), or
somewhere else. Let's say you get a long text file from someplace,
maybe a database, and it contains web or email addresses. You want
those addresses to turn into hyperlinks. Go into the AutoFormat
options (not the As You Type options, since you won't be typing
anything) and turn off everything except the "Internet and network
paths with hyperlinks" box. Then run the AutoFormat command, and it
will do all those replacements in one step without affecting anything
else.
Earlier, he replied:
A bit of advice: ALWAYS mention in any post that you're using Word
2007. Its interface is so different from any previous version that the
answer will usually depend on knowing that fact.
In earlier versions, the AutoFormat command was on the Format menu. In
Word 2007, which doesn't have a menu bar, most of the old menu
commands are represented by buttons on the ribbon. However, the
command to start an AutoFormat was very rarely used, so it isn't on
any of the ribbon tabs. You have to customize the Quick Access Toolbar
to put a button there for it.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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http://word.mvps.org
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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
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
"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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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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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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Words into Type
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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