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Word 2003 replacing hyphens with dashes
How do I get Word 2003 to stop replacing hyphens in a group of numbers with
dashes? For example 12345-340-9488288-YXZ-0001 might have three of the four hyphens replaced with dashes. It's not consistent which ones get replaced, either. I hope I've just missed a switch somewhere ... -- Angelia |
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If you put a space before the hyphen it will be converted to an en dash.
-- 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. "Angelia" wrote in message ... How do I get Word 2003 to stop replacing hyphens in a group of numbers with dashes? For example 12345-340-9488288-YXZ-0001 might have three of the four hyphens replaced with dashes. It's not consistent which ones get replaced, either. I hope I've just missed a switch somewhere ... -- Angelia |
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en As far as I can tell, that's not what's happening here. We type numbers,
then a hyphen, then more numbers. There are no spaces. When we reopen the file, some of the hyphens have been replaced by en dashes. Is the space+hyphen = en dash an AutoCorrect item that can be changed so it doesn't happen? -- Angelia "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you put a space before the hyphen it will be converted to an en dash. -- 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. "Angelia" wrote in message ... How do I get Word 2003 to stop replacing hyphens in a group of numbers with dashes? For example 12345-340-9488288-YXZ-0001 might have three of the four hyphens replaced with dashes. It's not consistent which ones get replaced, either. I hope I've just missed a switch somewhere ... -- Angelia |
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Should be. Uncheck the "symbol characters" setting in Tools | AutoCorrect,
AutoFormat As You Type, I think. Doesn't sound like it will fix your problem, necessarily, as usually AutoCorrect happens immediately, not on reopening. So something else may be going on. On 7/29/05 2:06 PM, "Angelia" wrote: en As far as I can tell, that's not what's happening here. We type numbers, then a hyphen, then more numbers. There are no spaces. When we reopen the file, some of the hyphens have been replaced by en dashes. Is the space+hyphen = en dash an AutoCorrect item that can be changed so it doesn't happen? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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