Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking hyphen to
stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that is to make an
auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns into an asterisk when I
paste it in from an occurrence in my document, and turns into a null when I
use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard. Is this a bug in Word 2002? If so, is there a
bypass?
--
Eric (UK)

Erik,

I just did it using a formatted autocorrect entry. Type e-mail (using a
non-breaking hyphen) in a document. Select it then use ToolsAutoCorrect to
create a formatted autocorrect entry. Yes, an asterisk appears in the entry
list, but when you type e-mail in the document the autocorrect is e-mail
with non-breaking hyphen. The window in autocorrect entries must not be
able to display a non-breaking hyphen.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

eob@southampton wrote:
Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking
hyphen to stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that
is to make an auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns
into an asterisk when I paste it in from an occurrence in my
document, and turns into a null when I use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard.
Is this a bug in Word 2002? If so, is there a bypass?

"eob@southampton" wrote:
Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking
hyphen to stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that
is to make an auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns into
an asterisk when I paste it in from an occurrence in my document, and
turns into a null when I use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard. Is this a bug in
Word
2002? If so, is there a bypass?
--
Eric (UK)


Hi Eric,

A formatted AutoCorrect should work.

Regards,
Klaus

Thank you, Greg; it worked a treat once I'd found out how to stop the
"formatted text" button being greyed out. If you select and copy a word
containing a special character, it appears in the "to" field, and the format
radio buttons are available.
--
Eric (UK)


"Greg Maxey" wrote:

Erik,

I just did it using a formatted autocorrect entry. Type e-mail (using a
non-breaking hyphen) in a document. Select it then use ToolsAutoCorrect to
create a formatted autocorrect entry. Yes, an asterisk appears in the entry
list, but when you type e-mail in the document the autocorrect is e-mail
with non-breaking hyphen. The window in autocorrect entries must not be
able to display a non-breaking hyphen.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

eob@southampton wrote:
Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking
hyphen to stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that
is to make an auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns
into an asterisk when I paste it in from an occurrence in my
document, and turns into a null when I use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard.
Is this a bug in Word 2002? If so, is there a bypass?

[a_ryan1972]

Hi. I'm using Word 2007 and have tried the above procedure to get a
non-breaking hyphen into the auto correct list. When I select the text the
go to auto correct options, it will show an asterisk in the auto correct tab.
When I enter the word in document, it will show an asterisk in the replaced
word.

If I select the text with the non-breaking hyphen and copy and paste it into
the auto correct box, it will show a space. When that word is corrected in
the document, it will also show a space.

Is it different for 2007?

Thank you.

"eob@southampton" wrote:

Thank you, Greg; it worked a treat once I'd found out how to stop the
"formatted text" button being greyed out. If you select and copy a word
containing a special character, it appears in the "to" field, and the format
radio buttons are available.
--
Eric (UK)


"Greg Maxey" wrote:

Erik,

I just did it using a formatted autocorrect entry. Type e-mail (using a
non-breaking hyphen) in a document. Select it then use ToolsAutoCorrect to
create a formatted autocorrect entry. Yes, an asterisk appears in the entry
list, but when you type e-mail in the document the autocorrect is e-mail
with non-breaking hyphen. The window in autocorrect entries must not be
able to display a non-breaking hyphen.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

eob@southampton wrote:
Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking
hyphen to stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that
is to make an auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns
into an asterisk when I paste it in from an occurrence in my
document, and turns into a null when I use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard.
Is this a bug in Word 2002? If so, is there a bypass?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you trying to save *just* a nonbreaking hyphen? If so, why? If you want
a word that includes a nonbreaking hyphen, you can certain do that by
pasting the word in and then selecting the "Formatted text" radio button.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"a_ryan1972" wrote in message
...
Hi. I'm using Word 2007 and have tried the above procedure to get a
non-breaking hyphen into the auto correct list. When I select the text
the
go to auto correct options, it will show an asterisk in the auto correct
tab.
When I enter the word in document, it will show an asterisk in the
replaced
word.

If I select the text with the non-breaking hyphen and copy and paste it
into
the auto correct box, it will show a space. When that word is corrected
in
the document, it will also show a space.

Is it different for 2007?

Thank you.

"eob@southampton" wrote:

Thank you, Greg; it worked a treat once I'd found out how to stop the
"formatted text" button being greyed out. If you select and copy a word
containing a special character, it appears in the "to" field, and the
format
radio buttons are available.
--
Eric (UK)


"Greg Maxey" wrote:

Erik,

I just did it using a formatted autocorrect entry. Type e-mail (using
a
non-breaking hyphen) in a document. Select it then use
ToolsAutoCorrect to
create a formatted autocorrect entry. Yes, an asterisk appears in the
entry
list, but when you type e-mail in the document the autocorrect is
e-mail
with non-breaking hyphen. The window in autocorrect entries must not
be
able to display a non-breaking hyphen.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

eob@southampton wrote:
Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking
hyphen to stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that
is to make an auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns
into an asterisk when I paste it in from an occurrence in my
document, and turns into a null when I use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard.
Is this a bug in Word 2002? If so, is there a bypass?

[a_ryan1972]

I got it. I finally figured out why the formatted text button was grayed out.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you trying to save *just* a nonbreaking hyphen? If so, why? If you want
a word that includes a nonbreaking hyphen, you can certain do that by
pasting the word in and then selecting the "Formatted text" radio button.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"a_ryan1972" wrote in message
...
Hi. I'm using Word 2007 and have tried the above procedure to get a
non-breaking hyphen into the auto correct list. When I select the text
the
go to auto correct options, it will show an asterisk in the auto correct
tab.
When I enter the word in document, it will show an asterisk in the
replaced
word.

If I select the text with the non-breaking hyphen and copy and paste it
into
the auto correct box, it will show a space. When that word is corrected
in
the document, it will also show a space.

Is it different for 2007?

Thank you.

"eob@southampton" wrote:

Thank you, Greg; it worked a treat once I'd found out how to stop the
"formatted text" button being greyed out. If you select and copy a word
containing a special character, it appears in the "to" field, and the
format
radio buttons are available.
--
Eric (UK)


"Greg Maxey" wrote:

Erik,

I just did it using a formatted autocorrect entry. Type e-mail (using
a
non-breaking hyphen) in a document. Select it then use
ToolsAutoCorrect to
create a formatted autocorrect entry. Yes, an asterisk appears in the
entry
list, but when you type e-mail in the document the autocorrect is
e-mail
with non-breaking hyphen. The window in autocorrect entries must not
be
able to display a non-breaking hyphen.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

eob@southampton wrote:
Certain words, such as e-mail, need to be typed with a non-breaking
hyphen to stop them breaking at line-end. The obvious way to do that
is to make an auto-correct entry, but the non-breaking hyphen turns
into an asterisk when I paste it in from an occurrence in my
document, and turns into a null when I use Ctrl+_ at the keyboard.
Is this a bug in Word 2002? If so, is there a bypass?