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long hyphen
there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text
into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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This happens because AutoFormat as You Type is turned on (look under Tools -
AutoCorrect). You can get the long hyphen by typing -- in a word. Andrea Jones http://www.allaboutoffice.co.uk http://www.stratatraining.co.uk http://www.allaboutclait.com "BorisS" wrote: there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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Hello, how can you make it LONGER than that? is there a way to modify and
control this thanks Ellen "Andrea Jones" wrote: This happens because AutoFormat as You Type is turned on (look under Tools - AutoCorrect). You can get the long hyphen by typing -- in a word. Andrea Jones http://www.allaboutoffice.co.uk http://www.stratatraining.co.uk http://www.allaboutclait.com "BorisS" wrote: there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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You can insert as many em dashes as needed; see my reply to your related
post elsewhere. -- 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. "egrolman" wrote in message ... Hello, how can you make it LONGER than that? is there a way to modify and control this thanks Ellen "Andrea Jones" wrote: This happens because AutoFormat as You Type is turned on (look under Tools - AutoCorrect). You can get the long hyphen by typing -- in a word. Andrea Jones http://www.allaboutoffice.co.uk http://www.stratatraining.co.uk http://www.allaboutclait.com "BorisS" wrote: there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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If you have the relevant option selected in Tools | AutoCorrect | AutoFormat
As You Type, Word performs the following conversions: If you type -- (two hyphens) between words with no spaces before or after, the two hyphens will be converted to an em dash when you type a space or punctuation following the word after the hyphens. If you type one or two hyphens betweens words with a space before or a space before and after, you'll get an en dash 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. "BorisS" wrote in message ... there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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This is true, but alas, when you get an en dash in this manner, the space
before the dash remains, which is incorrect (it *must* be removed to correctly punctuate the document). An en dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Num- (the minus key in the numeric keypad) An em dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Alt+Num- Both can be inserted using the Insert/Symbol menu's special characters tab. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you have the relevant option selected in Tools | AutoCorrect | AutoFormat As You Type, Word performs the following conversions: If you type -- (two hyphens) between words with no spaces before or after, the two hyphens will be converted to an em dash when you type a space or punctuation following the word after the hyphens. If you type one or two hyphens betweens words with a space before or a space before and after, you'll get an en dash 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. "BorisS" wrote in message ... there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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The space before and after the en dash are correct for the way it is being
used; in the U.K. a spaced en dash is used where an em dash (without spaces) is used in the U.S. There is no AutoFormat option that will produce an en dash between continuous numbers or elsewhere to indicate "to." For that you have to use a keyboard shortcut; I just find it easier to use keyboard shortcuts for both dashes all the time. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Malcolm Patterson" wrote in message ... This is true, but alas, when you get an en dash in this manner, the space before the dash remains, which is incorrect (it *must* be removed to correctly punctuate the document). An en dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Num- (the minus key in the numeric keypad) An em dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Alt+Num- Both can be inserted using the Insert/Symbol menu's special characters tab. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you have the relevant option selected in Tools | AutoCorrect | AutoFormat As You Type, Word performs the following conversions: If you type -- (two hyphens) between words with no spaces before or after, the two hyphens will be converted to an em dash when you type a space or punctuation following the word after the hyphens. If you type one or two hyphens betweens words with a space before or a space before and after, you'll get an en dash 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. "BorisS" wrote in message ... there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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Hmm. If Office were installed on my machine as a British English package, I
could agree with you sometimes--if you were using the en dash in lieu of an American em dash. OTOH, I think the Brits use the en-dash as we do in America for spanning a range (closed up), so to me (in the States, where the en dash is ALWAYS closed up) this is nothing but an annoying bug. My Canadian neighbors will have to manage their usual balancing act. Meanwhile, I do as you do: keyboard shortcuts whenever available. I do wish there were a standard shortcut for the double en space (after heading numerals and before the heading text) and the thin space (for footnotes, etc.). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The space before and after the en dash are correct for the way it is being used; in the U.K. a spaced en dash is used where an em dash (without spaces) is used in the U.S. There is no AutoFormat option that will produce an en dash between continuous numbers or elsewhere to indicate "to." For that you have to use a keyboard shortcut; I just find it easier to use keyboard shortcuts for both dashes all the time. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Malcolm Patterson" wrote in message ... This is true, but alas, when you get an en dash in this manner, the space before the dash remains, which is incorrect (it *must* be removed to correctly punctuate the document). An en dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Num- (the minus key in the numeric keypad) An em dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Alt+Num- Both can be inserted using the Insert/Symbol menu's special characters tab. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you have the relevant option selected in Tools | AutoCorrect | AutoFormat As You Type, Word performs the following conversions: If you type -- (two hyphens) between words with no spaces before or after, the two hyphens will be converted to an em dash when you type a space or punctuation following the word after the hyphens. If you type one or two hyphens betweens words with a space before or a space before and after, you'll get an en dash 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. "BorisS" wrote in message ... there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. What is this, and how can I control it? I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? Or something else? Thanks. -- Boris |
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In the Bullets & Numbering panes, you can specify the characters
(including spaces) that appear after the autonumbers. "Double en" should be the same as em space. Oops, I'm thinking of FrameMaker again, which includes both of those ... On Apr 10, 7:05*pm, Malcolm Patterson wrote: Hmm. If Office were installed on my machine as a British English package, I could agree with you sometimes--if you were using the en dash in lieu of an American em dash. OTOH, I think the Brits use the en-dash as we do in America for spanning a range (closed up), so to me (in the States, where the en dash is ALWAYS closed up) this is nothing but an annoying bug. My Canadian neighbors will have to manage their usual balancing act. Meanwhile, I do as you do: keyboard shortcuts whenever available. I do wish there were a standard shortcut for the double en space (after heading numerals and before the heading text) and the thin space (for footnotes, etc.). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The space before and after the en dash are correct for the way it is being used; in the U.K. a spaced en dash is used where an em dash (without spaces) is used in the U.S. There is no AutoFormat option that will produce an en dash between continuous numbers or elsewhere to indicate "to." For that you have to use a keyboard shortcut; I just find it easier to use keyboard shortcuts for both dashes all the time. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Malcolm Patterson" wrote in ... This is true, but alas, when you get an en dash in this manner, the space before the dash remains, which is incorrect (it *must* be removed to correctly punctuate the document). An en dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Num- (the minus key in the numeric keypad) An em dash can be inserted with Ctrl+Alt+Num- Both can be inserted using the Insert/Symbol menu's special characters tab. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you have the relevant option selected in Tools | AutoCorrect | AutoFormat As You Type, Word performs the following conversions: If you type -- (two hyphens) between words with no spaces before or after, the two hyphens will be converted to an em dash when you type a space or punctuation following the word after the hyphens. If you type one or two hyphens betweens words with a space before or a space before and after, you'll get an en dash 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. "BorisS" wrote in message ... there is a behavior that Word has which extends a hyphen followed by text into a long hyphen. *What is this, and how can I control it? *I actually like it, but because I don't know what drives it, cannot always replicate it for some reason. *Is this some sort of symbol it defaults to replacing a regular hyphen with? *Or something else? |
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