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Change minus sign.
I find the minus sign for all fonts to be ridiculously small. I wish
to permanently change it to en dash on the alphanumeric keyboard (don't mind leaving it as it is on the numeric keypad - prefer it actually especially as changing it might affect the Numeric Lock operations) . How do I do it? I'm on Word 2000. Thanks! (you experts out there) - Nicky. |
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Change minus sign.
Are you using the Unicode character 2212 for the minus sign? It is very
similar to the en dash in size. If you're using the hyphen (002D), you might want to use 2212 instead. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Nicky" wrote in message ups.com... I find the minus sign for all fonts to be ridiculously small. I wish to permanently change it to en dash on the alphanumeric keyboard (don't mind leaving it as it is on the numeric keypad - prefer it actually especially as changing it might affect the Numeric Lock operations) . How do I do it? I'm on Word 2000. Thanks! (you experts out there) - Nicky. |
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Change minus sign.
On Jan 1, 2007, Nicky wrote:
I find the minus sign for all fonts to be ridiculously small. I wish to permanently change it to en dash on the alphanumeric keyboard (don't mind leaving it as it is on the numeric keypad - prefer it actually especially as changing it might affect the Numeric Lock operations) . How do I do it? I'm on Word 2000. Thanks! (you experts out there) - Nicky. While Unicode calls for a minus sign, many typographers use an en-dash, and you don't have to worry about the particular font. Use Alt+0150 on the numeric keypad. If you're going to be doing all the publishing and not passing docs around to others who may not have Unicode font sets, then use a Unicode 2212, as Suzanne Barnhill said. As far as actual remapping, perhaps some third-party macro program could remap it or assign a one-character macro to it. |
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